at a cost
idiom
: by giving up something else
He had achieved fame, but at a cost; he'd lost many friends and no longer talked to anyone in his family.
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Flashback: Texas sued the Obama administration at least 48 times over eight years at a cost of more than $5.9 million, according to a Texas Tribune review.
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Megan Stringer, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Jackson did most of the wolf howls himself The album came together in a scant two months – at a cost.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
What's more, it's supposed to pack the VTOL lift fan and direct thrust technology developed by Lockheed Martin and partners (at a cost of billions of dollars) into an airframe only 6 feet long (1.8 m) with a wingspan of 5 feet (1.5 m).
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024
Moreover, the Panama Canal Authority expanded the lock system from 2007 to 2016 at a cost of about $11 billion.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Megan Stringer, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Jackson did most of the wolf howls himself The album came together in a scant two months – at a cost.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
What's more, it's supposed to pack the VTOL lift fan and direct thrust technology developed by Lockheed Martin and partners (at a cost of billions of dollars) into an airframe only 6 feet long (1.8 m) with a wingspan of 5 feet (1.5 m).
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024
Moreover, the Panama Canal Authority expanded the lock system from 2007 to 2016 at a cost of about $11 billion.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“At a cost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20cost. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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