as in fetching
to have a price of
the raffle tickets cost a dollar each
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Recent Examples of costing
Carmody said production downtime is a big issue for companies in the processing industry, with it at times costing thousands of dollars for each minute a processing machine isn't on.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2025
Suddenly, ferries and small water taxis become economically viable, costing 10-15 times less than traditional boats of their size.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
Things are easily misplaced, costing you more time to look for them and, potentially, money to repurchase them.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
What head coach John Harbaugh called an honest mistake could end up costing the Baltimore Ravens dearly.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
After World War II, the above-ground population grew when veterans purchased bungalows in Colma’s Sterling Park neighborhood, some costing $8,950, with GI loans (some of which are now are worth nearly $1 million).
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
McBride is on a bye with Ferguson ($6,000) and Warren ($5,500) costing significantly more this week.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
In short, our time anxiety is costing us our health.
—Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
One of Jordon’s former drum students, Mehran, has made three trips to Pakistan for visa appointments — each costing a handsome re-entry fee — only to be told to fill out another form and return in six months.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2025
Suddenly, ferries and small water taxis become economically viable, costing 10-15 times less than traditional boats of their size.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
Things are easily misplaced, costing you more time to look for them and, potentially, money to repurchase them.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
What head coach John Harbaugh called an honest mistake could end up costing the Baltimore Ravens dearly.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
After World War II, the above-ground population grew when veterans purchased bungalows in Colma’s Sterling Park neighborhood, some costing $8,950, with GI loans (some of which are now are worth nearly $1 million).
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
McBride is on a bye with Ferguson ($6,000) and Warren ($5,500) costing significantly more this week.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
In short, our time anxiety is costing us our health.
—Arianna Huffington, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
One of Jordon’s former drum students, Mehran, has made three trips to Pakistan for visa appointments — each costing a handsome re-entry fee — only to be told to fill out another form and return in six months.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costing
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In his school classroom Hinds’s mantra is sankofa, the West African concept of fetching what is valuable from the past to feed the present and future.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lanna has always worked the shop floors and the fitting rooms, fetching sizes and offering recommendations to shoppers keen to touch and try on the brand that lives on their IG feeds and Pinterest boards, and on celebrities from Rosalia to Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner to Lily Rose-Depp.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
10 Oct. 2025
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Near the end of his remarks, Ho mentioned his hopes for some areas of focus, including bringing homeless services back under local control and shifting some responsibility away from the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, or SHRA.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Instead—especially if advanced AI becomes a widely-available commodity—the majority of the value might instead flow to manufacturers of computer hardware, or to the industries where AI is bringing the most efficiency gains.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Costing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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