at the cost of
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: by giving up or hurting (something else)
She completed the project on time but at the cost of her health.
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The Battle of the Somme ground on for another four months, at the cost of more than a million British, French, and German casualties.
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Luthor lacks depth, portrayed simply as an abusive sociopath who’s targeting Superman out of spite, and indulging in ‘reckless science’ at the cost of destroying the world entirely.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
But the Oilers and Panthers were a little more desperate than Winnipeg was — even at the cost of that sensibility.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 31 May 2025
The only choice Hamas has is death or surrender, even if this comes at the cost of the remaining hostages and an even bigger humanitarian catastrophe to more than 2 million Palestinians in the enclave.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Luthor lacks depth, portrayed simply as an abusive sociopath who’s targeting Superman out of spite, and indulging in ‘reckless science’ at the cost of destroying the world entirely.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
But the Oilers and Panthers were a little more desperate than Winnipeg was — even at the cost of that sensibility.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 31 May 2025
The only choice Hamas has is death or surrender, even if this comes at the cost of the remaining hostages and an even bigger humanitarian catastrophe to more than 2 million Palestinians in the enclave.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
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“At the cost of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20cost%20of. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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