at the cost of
idiom
: by giving up or hurting (something else)
She completed the project on time but at the cost of her health.
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In pushing universities toward supplication and favor-seeking, Trump calls forth a competitive élite impulse at the cost of a democratic, egalitarian one.
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Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
While raising interest rates in 2022 and 2023 to fight the inflation spike, Powell said curtailing the price increases was the Fed's chief mission even at the cost of a significantly weakening economy because inflation can become entrenched due to consumer and business expectation.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
In 2021, Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics at the cost of $1.1 billion.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump's willingness to touch the hot stove of tariffs — even at the cost of higher consumer prices, a stock market slump, and disruption to America's deepest international relationships — is far higher than any president's in living memory.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
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Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
While raising interest rates in 2022 and 2023 to fight the inflation spike, Powell said curtailing the price increases was the Fed's chief mission even at the cost of a significantly weakening economy because inflation can become entrenched due to consumer and business expectation.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
In 2021, Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics at the cost of $1.1 billion.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump's willingness to touch the hot stove of tariffs — even at the cost of higher consumer prices, a stock market slump, and disruption to America's deepest international relationships — is far higher than any president's in living memory.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 27 Mar. 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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