- comparative of costly.
costlier
Example Sentences
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AI companies could try to make models that generate more faithful and human-readable representations of their activity, but even if they succeeded, they would be costlier and much more difficult to train, says Kambhampati.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
When companies don’t expect costlier energy to persist, they don’t try as hard to raise prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Higher interest rates make it costlier to borrow money, which acts as a brake on spending and economic growth.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
This means that higher yields, like we have now, make it costlier to finance a home.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
But they bowed to Sproul’s judgment that losing Lawrence would be even costlier, and voted to cover all the annual operating and maintenance costs that Lawrence had budgeted for the Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
