costly
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Other options, such as issuing rebate checks for consumers or releasing strategic oil reserves, would be costly in the long run, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Gareth McKinstry, who owns Simply Fish & Chips, said it was a costly incident.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
CXMT’s inability to access EUV lithography technology is becoming a significant technological barrier, as the hardware limitations will make continued node advancement increasingly costly and complex, the analyst notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Maintaining one home is obviously far less costly than maintaining two separate homes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The West Wing—particularly David Axelrod, now a senior adviser in the administration, and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs—thought it would be perceived as too showy, too costly, and could potentially alienate Barack from the public.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
After the former Pfizer headquarters faced the risk of partial collapse, developers expect costlier safety reviews and insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
But their coverage tends to be skimpier and often costlier than policies sold by travel insurers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Higher interest rates make it costlier to borrow money, which acts as a brake on spending, employment, and economic growth.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
They’re getting costlier, rising at a faster clip than some other areas of health insurance.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Local enthusiasm for the tournament had fallen away after co-hosts the United States were knocked out by Belgium on July 6, but tickets for the final still became the costliest in US sporting history.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
It was reported to be the costliest documentary film of all time, even with production costs undisclosed.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Later in the year, Jaguar Land Rover was attacked, in what became the costliest cyber event in UK history.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
The final-mile deliveries are typically the costliest part of supply chains, and in rural areas, costs go up due to the lack of density.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
When Cortes and his Indian allies finally attacked, the Mexica resisted so fiercely despite their weakness that the siege has often been described as the costliest battle in history—casualty estimates range up to 100,000.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
