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  • present tense form of cost (3rd person singular).
  • plural of cost.

costs





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Research involving older and inexpensive medications can be difficult to fund, even when those drugs have the potential to improve patient care while lowering costs.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

“We have the ability to accept costs because our resources are great. Iran does not, because theirs are few,” said Barry Posen, a political science professor at MIT.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

She called for a cap on rising costs of formula, saying: "It's not a luxury item, it's a basic need for a baby."

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

At the same time, economists warn that aggressive spending on data-center construction and equipment increases the risk that the build-out and the costs will overshoot the demand for data-center capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Of course, there’d be some other costs, but my savings should cover them.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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