costs

Example Sentences

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She notes that direct-to-consumer health brands face punishingly high customer-acquisition costs, forcing them to spend heavily simply to replace users who burn out on tracking their data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

While the surge in prices is happening around the world, gas costs more in California than almost anywhere else because of higher taxes, fees and cleaner-fuel requirements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

By 2030, national energy prices may have an average increase of up to 29%, with areas that have high concentrations of data centers like northern Virginia expecting an almost 60% increase in costs.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

That risks leaving the public more in the dark at a time when inflation and borrowing costs both are concerns, and there’s anxiety around artificial intelligence and the economy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

“I’ve never been up the Eiffel Tower. It costs money to do that, and I never had any.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti