costlier

Example Sentences

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A weaker rupee makes imports costlier and exports more competitive, helping narrow the current account deficit over time.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Summer gas is refined in a way that reduces emissions and smog, but it is also costlier to make.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

With global yields rising, making debt costlier, Georgieva said adding deficit-financed stimulus would increase the burden on central bankers and potentially amplify the problem.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

“They’ve always been predicated on this idea of having low fares,” Melius Research analyst Conor Cunningham said, but added that the low-fare airlines now need higher fares just as badly as their costlier peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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