costly
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Shelton's recent success has been a product of developing his defensive skills and improving his weaker backhand, but not being able to execute his damaging forehand in crucial moments against Zverev proved costly.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Lauren Truslow, CEO of 3D Enviro, a Virginia company that does identification and abatement of hazardous materials, said the lack of a decision on TPS has been stressful and costly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Brown, the team’s high-profile offseason acquisition who suffered an ankle injury earlier in the game, Maye repeatedly forced throws that turned into costly blunders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Energy is a costly and unique input into economic production.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The priest’s house was older than most, and made of costly bricks.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
The Nano Speedy bag is more than 70% costlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Built from high-resolution microscope images rather than costlier molecular techniques, it creates a detailed three-dimensional map of the brainstem, identifying more than 200 clusters of brain cells and nerve pathways.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
But their coverage tends to be skimpier and often costlier than policies sold by travel insurers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Its future access to markets, and therefore to liquidity, will be harder and costlier in the long run.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 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
But now, to clear that and potentially close the deal far later than he’d hoped, Ellison is making his riskiest and costliest bet yet: going to trial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
This is probably the least costly option, but also the costliest politically.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
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
He called Burnham a “colossal merchandiser” fixated on building the biggest, tallest, costliest structures.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
