cost

Example Sentences

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It came at a cost as homegrown talents in the generations that followed found opportunities in the top flight increasingly hard to come by.

From BBC

And a rising dollar tends to hurt gold prices, as it lowers import costs — and therefore helps tame inflation.

From MarketWatch

At that time, Gov. Tiff Macklem said the risk of higher energy costs spreading and lifting prices for other goods and services looked contained at present, citing excess spare capacity floating around in the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If transport costs go back to where they were, I can survive," she said.

From BBC

Anyone with dementia, Parkinson’s or another progressive disease will face crippling costs just to get through each day.

From MarketWatch