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• And if that works, well, who can put a price on miracles?
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
• The most important thing to do is put a price on carbon.
  — Andrew Cutraro, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2011
• The rewards of such a life are impossible to put a price on.
  — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• However, his actions lead the greedy Prince John to put a price on his head.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 18 Jan. 2023
• And with the postgrad job market as cutthroat as ever, who can put a price on that?
  — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
• The companies did not put a price on the deal in an announcement Sunday.
  — Washington Post, 12 July 2020
• Carbon markets are a way to put a price on the real estate that exists above our heads.
  — Pawan Mehra, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• The value of silence, however, is harder to put a price on.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2020
• The Nike Training Club app has fantastic classes and doesn’t put a price on health and fitness.
  — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 25 July 2022
• Police haven’t yet put a price on the amount of items taken or the damage done to the storage facility.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2021
• Sony has an online event Thursday to show off some of the video games coming to the PS5, but Thier doesn't expect the game maker to put a price on the console.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
• Lately, it's been tough to put a price on feeling indomitable, and the confidence Lieber Gustav 14 gives me is worth every penny.
  — Taylore Glynn, Marie Claire, 12 Aug. 2020
• Those tax credits will work differently from past efforts to put a price on carbon.
  — Steven Mufson, Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2021
• The tax gives credit to countries that put a price on carbon, allowing importers of goods from those countries to deduct payments made for overseas emissions from the amount owed at the EU’s borders.
  — Matthew Dalton, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• But when faced with the endless unknown of fertility treatment, many are forced to put a price on their theoretical child.
  — Kate Willsky, ELLE, 30 Apr. 2022
• But the most far-reaching thing governments can do is to put a price on carbon to discourage the use of hydrocarbons, Souki continues.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
• At the very least, a thorny question for EU regulators is what to do about countries that have policies to curb emissions, such as clean energy standards, but don’t put a price on carbon.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2021
• To address those releases, Mr. Lance said the company supports government measures to put a price on carbon, which include such ideas as a carbon tax.
  — Rebecca Elliott, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
• New Zealand on Wednesday released a draft plan to put a price on agricultural emissions in a bid to tackle one of the country’s biggest sources of greenhouse gases, belching sheep and cattle.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 8 June 2022
• In addition to phasing out support for fossil fuels, countries will also need to put a price on carbon emissions and disclose their climate risks, the report said.
  — Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2021
• Another way to drive down costs is to put a price on fossil fuel production such as a carbon tax – one that is high enough to expedite the flow of capital into green technologies.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• Most economists agree that the single most effective policy to spur a transition to cleaner forms of energy is to put a price on carbon emissions.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2020
• Two of their colleagues have been murdered, bullets have been fired at their home, their children have been threatened, and local businessmen who want to use the land for cattle ranching have reportedly put a price on their heads.
  — Time, 29 Oct. 2022
• There is little hope of passing a carbon tax or other mechanism to put a price on greenhouse gas pollution, which would push cost-conscious corporations to emit less.
  — Lisa Friedman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2021
• The luxury retailer has not yet put a price on The World's Fair Necklace, but industry experts estimate its value to be between $20 million and $30 million.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021
• One of the simplest ways to reduce carbon emissions is to put a price on them, gradually ratcheting up the price to induce conversation and emissions-free technologies.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2022
• European governments have taken this approach and put a price on carbon emissions for some major industries.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
• In attempting to put a price on historical wrongs, California is forcing answers to questions that can’t be derived with neat equations: Who will be compensated and for what?
  — Karen Breslau, Fortune, 7 June 2023
• In attempting to put a price on historical wrongs, California is forcing answers to questions that can’t be derived with neat equations: Who will be compensated and for what?
  — Karen Breslau, Fortune, 7 June 2023
• That business-as-usual approach could prove risky if a Biden administration prioritizes climate and Congress legislates to put a price on carbon.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024