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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The Calafia, named for the fictional warrior queen, pours wines that focus on vintages and the nuances of their terroir, sourcing from beyond Spain and California, at a cost of $415. —

Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024 In 1989, the Washington Post reported that a single room was fitted with 125,000 Italian marble tiles at a cost of $85 per tile. —

Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024 By 2030, Texas could produce more than 50 million tons of green hydrogen at a cost at about $1.50 per kilogram, the PNAS study found. —

Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2024 The zoo is hosting the black-and-white duo under a loan from China for the next decade, at a cost of $1 million a year. —

Karen Kucher, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at a cost