costlier

Example Sentences

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Air-travel turmoil, costlier airfares and rising gas prices this year have more Americans hopping the bus to travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Higher interest rates make it costlier to borrow money, which acts as a brake on spending, employment, and economic growth.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026

The BOJ faces a tricky trade-off: Raising interest rates could help lower inflation but higher rates also make borrowing costlier, increasing expenses for the government and businesses.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Their reply: the move “cost a few percentage points at the U.S. index level – a fair price to avoid a far costlier downside scenario materializing from worsening supply disruptions.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 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