costliness

Example Sentences

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“This understates the costliness to U.S. households though, because tariffs also allow non-importing firms to raise their prices if they’re competing with imports,” Bivens said.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s likely that the four-star product is higher quality despite its lower rating, because its costliness weighed down its reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

What has so often turned heads about her style is not the costliness of her clothes or the trendiness of them.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

But the costliness of the move also made it feel just a little more luxurious.

From The Verge • Sep. 8, 2022

Was the cost of expressing a package unduly high because of the costliness of frequently transferring it into the hands of five separate companies?

From The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility by Benedict, Bert