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[kawst, kost] / kɔst, kɒst /






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It also referenced aneutronic fuels as being a potential source of “perhaps the greatest cost savings.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The greatest threat to middle-class happiness may not be the cost of child care.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

She dedicated her victory to the "thousands of ordinary citizens" made to similarly prove their innocence at "the cost of economic and emotional ruin".

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“It’s that the medical system isn’t set up to be able to allow doctors to do it, both from a time and a cost perspective.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

A plane ticket to the Maldives would cost a thousand dollars.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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