cost
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The prime minister said he would take a "careful approach" to the economy, and defended his previously announced cost of living pledges as funded spending commitments.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
EY identified between $530 million and $1.4 billion in potential cost cuts and new revenue sources, including filling some desk jobs in the police department with civilians instead of officers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
After previously being able to borrow up to the cost of attendance, parents can now only borrow $20,000 a year per dependent student and no more than $65,000 total per student.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Kamel Chibli, vice president of the Occitanie regional council in southern France, said digital pouches and lockers used to store smartphones cost the regional authorities around 40,000 euros for a high school with 1,500 students.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The cost of World War I in human lives is difficult to estimate with accuracy and is impossible to imagine.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Any further increase in the costs of goods and the wider impact of the trade dispute on businesses could further sour the American public on the economy.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Any return to a non-investment-grade rating would sharply raise Chicago’s future borrowing costs, forcing it to divert even more resources to debt payments and away from public services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
At heart, it is a national insurance program that spreads healthcare costs across the entire country.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
However, the bank also generated an income of £32m, comfortably covering its operating costs of £20m.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
"It never does a man any good. Most of the time it costs you money."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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"But surely we could have done something far more sensibly costed for bat shelter."
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
The costed options were signed off by the board in December.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
It also claimed the plans have not been fully costed, and has described them as "divisive".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
He said crime costed the British economy £170bn, adding: "It isn't really a question of can we afford to do this - it is really a question of can we afford not to do this?"
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025
“Don’t see how. When my daddy died last year this April it costed one hundred and fifty dollars. ’
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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It is making homeowners struggle to breathe and costing them millions in repairs and healthcare bills, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Research from charity the Children's Society found 68% of parents across north-west England said this year's school holidays were costing more than last year's.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Cassidy declined to revisit his vote, instead arguing that Trump’s policy will “decrease immunization rates” while being “less convenient and costing families more.”
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some individuals are using GoFundMe to help them buy prosthetics costing between $3,500 and $30,000.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The idea of celebrity first became prominent in the 1830s, with the advent of newspapers costing one or two cents.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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