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  • present tense form of cost (3rd person singular).
  • plural of cost.

costs





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Higher fuel prices added 543 million euros in costs, but the company said it was able to offset this through savings and higher revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Cook had earlier this year referred to the sudden increase in data centre costs that Apple was seeing as a "thousand year flood."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

At the same time, their studies no longer guarantee the standard of living their parents enjoyed, as a result of high housing costs and the risks linked to the climate crisis.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

“How do you put two different businesses together and save a billion dollars on product costs that don’t have much to do with each other?” he asked.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth,” Kennedy told the world.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin


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