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 semiconductor behemoth based in Silicon Valley is building two chip manufacturing plants at a cost of $20 billion.
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Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
The unstaffed, 24-hour ballot drop boxes should be made of durable material such as steel and permanently cemented into the ground, generally at a cost of about $6,000 each, the commission says.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
This was a national movement for early payment of a stipend Congress had voted for veterans of the war at a cost of up to $4 billion — but which was not scheduled to be redeemed until 1945.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The most familiar is the Disney bundle which combines Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, at a cost savings of over 40% when compared to buying the three services separately.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
The unstaffed, 24-hour ballot drop boxes should be made of durable material such as steel and permanently cemented into the ground, generally at a cost of about $6,000 each, the commission says.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
This was a national movement for early payment of a stipend Congress had voted for veterans of the war at a cost of up to $4 billion — but which was not scheduled to be redeemed until 1945.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The most familiar is the Disney bundle which combines Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, at a cost savings of over 40% when compared to buying the three services separately.
—Brad Adgate, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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