costing

Example Sentences

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“I said, ‘Look guys, you’re spending a small fortune on late night,’” recalled Allen, who estimated that the programming was costing the network more than $200 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The point of plug-in solar isn’t to zero out a home’s energy consumption—that likely requires a big, professionally installed rig costing tens of thousands of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The company is building two other data centers in the Memphis area, with the whole operation costing tens of billions of dollars.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

For text-based inquiries, the math is simple, with 750 words costing 1,000 tokens.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The former president told Rondon that a detailed map was costing them too much time.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple