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

Unfortunately, what would have been a decent score was all undone by not one but two penalties for being out of position on the grid and costing Cadillac their first point.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 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

It was costing him every bit of determination he had to keep talking, yet he sensed that once he had finished, he would feel better.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling