costlier

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Costlier fuel is an especially big burden for lower-income households because they tend to spend a bigger share of their income at gas stations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Costlier oil feeds through to higher prices for gasoline and diesel, especially in the U.S., where roughly half the pump price reflects the cost of crude - the rest is marketing, taxes and other costs.

From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2023

Costlier employees could have negative consequences for healthcare facilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Costlier vegetables drove food inflation up to 10.0% in November from a year earlier, the fastest pace since September 2018, due to supply constraints caused by a typhoon.

From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2022

More "clamant" than carmine, vermilion, crimson, Costlier than diamond or ultramarine— A deuce of a theme to chant lyrics or hymns on, Or rummage for orotund "rot," is Ruthene.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir