expense

Example Sentences

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"Do we still need it, given that we will have to develop it at great expense?"

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Katz wrote in an email that the extra expense of around $2,000 per device were “cost prohibitive and detrimental to public safety.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“Grandparents may have carefully saved for their own retirement, but they didn’t plan for the unexpected expense of being parents again. It’s putting these caregivers in situations that are untenable,” Butts said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

That pressure will likely continue as long as investors are worried about the health of the consumer and money keeps pouring into artificial intelligence plays at the expense of other stocks.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The comedians Laurel and Hardy, I mean Underling-Sergeant Thibaut and On-Duty-Female-Guard Engel, have been very jolly at my expense over the inferior ink Thibaut found for me to write with.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein