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cost

[kawst, kost] / kɔst, kɒst /






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Now companies and their boards must decide whether they want to and what it might cost them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Sanders pegged voter disaffection on the increasing difficulty and cost of living in the United States.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

See: The rising cost of capital for companies today is starting to spook the stock market: ‘The worry is the spending might not pay off’

From MarketWatch Jul. 26, 2026

Shoppers are more focused on getting value from their purchases, such as thinking about cost per wear, McCusker says.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The Arctic expedition and the American rescue mission had cost a fortune.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The extra distance raises freight and insurance costs, ties up ships and can delay deliveries by weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Traders sold U.S. government bonds on concerns that higher energy costs could lift inflation and trigger the Fed to take action on interest rates perhaps sooner than previously expected.

From MarketWatch Jul. 26, 2026

Polling from the last year suggests healthcare costs remain among the top issues for voters in the November midterms, alongside the rising cost of gas, groceries and housing.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Rather than send wheat to Minneapolis to be processed, incurring high transportation costs, farmers and the state banded together to form the North Dakota Mill, the only state-owned mill in the United States.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

I wonder how much a plane trip to Paris costs.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Exactly how the money would be spent was left to be decided at a later date - with the long overdue and disputed Defence Investment Plan promising to provide the full costed shopping list.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

"But surely we could have done something far more sensibly costed for bat shelter."

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

Millar said his "raft of credible and fully costed positive policies" for Wales included cutting income tax by a penny in the pound, and cutting waiting lists in the NHS by declaring a health emergency.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

The council is leading a 20-year project to regenerate the area, which is costed at about £126m, and includes plans for new affordable housing and improved transport links.

From BBC Oct. 30, 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

The reforms came after state officials discovered that arbitration abuse was costing its state employees’ health plan more than $200 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

According to Thomas, the program is costing the city about $200,000 per year, but the projected income from the citations will help cover the cost.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Read: Can China just steal America’s AI brain that’s costing trillions to develop?

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

A later report from the National Audit Office in March this year noted that the Scunthorpe steelworks was costing the government about £1.3m a day.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

He looked as though this was costing him every ounce of resolution he had, but his face was set, his arms were folded, he seemed decided.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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