costly

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"This will allow us to deliver a 'food & drink' trade deal worth £5.1bn a year, backing British jobs and slashing costly red tape for our farmers, producers and businesses."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Quiet professionals understand that violence is risky and costly, and use it only as a last resort.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

“You can see from this situation, it doesn’t help people to get them into loans that are more costly than they need to be,” Martin said.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Building new bases here would be costly and logistically challenging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

“Diabetes mellitus—commonly referred to as diabetes—is a costly, silent killer. This complex but common disease occurs when a cat’s body either doesn’t produce or doesn’t properly use insulin.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas