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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Hertog pointed to a 2019 study that showed just over 3 percent of eligible fathers took advantage of their 12 months of leave, leaving mothers to shoulder most of the childcare and housework, often at the cost of career advancement.
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Someday, Air Company’s fuels might be produced in the back of a truck in a war zone, or at a C.I.A. black site, though for now its synthetic fuel is produced with grid electricity (from Con Edison), in Brooklyn, at the cost of more than a hundred dollars a gallon.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
While the endgame for Spire offers a bad end for the group, each class offers Zenith Abilities which effect a big change to the setting at the cost of a character’s life.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
This allows Yakov to pull out his hand—but at the cost of Ruth losing both of hers.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
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Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Someday, Air Company’s fuels might be produced in the back of a truck in a war zone, or at a C.I.A. black site, though for now its synthetic fuel is produced with grid electricity (from Con Edison), in Brooklyn, at the cost of more than a hundred dollars a gallon.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
While the endgame for Spire offers a bad end for the group, each class offers Zenith Abilities which effect a big change to the setting at the cost of a character’s life.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
This allows Yakov to pull out his hand—but at the cost of Ruth losing both of hers.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
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