How to Use opportunity cost in a Sentence

opportunity cost

noun

• The Sixers would need to weigh the opportunity cost of that, though.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 14 May 2022
• There is a high opportunity cost to keep units off the market.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
• So, there can be a huge opportunity cost in trying to time the market.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020
• In other words, the opportunity cost of sitting on your hands was less than half as much.
  — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 22 May 2018
• In such a case, the opportunity cost of not buying quickly is great.
  — Rohit Arora, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
• The problem with taking a quarterback in the first few rounds is the opportunity cost.
  — Adam Ronis, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• The opportunity cost is huge, not to mention the cost to the presidency.
  — Gloria Borger, CNN, 23 Sep. 2021
• The opportunity cost could go to projects that make millions of dollars.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2022
• Still, almost all agreed there has been at least a stiff opportunity cost.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2019
• And then there is the opportunity cost of not being able to put those resources to another use.
  — Mark Humphery-Jenner, Slate Magazine, 27 Feb. 2017
• Granted, there’s opportunity cost with any move, but the same is true with standing pat.
  — David Murphy, Philly.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• MacAskill struggles with the opportunity cost of his time.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
• Chances were there to seize a two-score lead early - those missed opportunities cost it dearly.
  — Nick Moyle, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2019
• Chances were there to seize a two-score lead early — those missed opportunities cost them dearly.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 7 Sep. 2019
• And there is also an opportunity cost for what else could be done with that money over the time of ownership.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 7 Jan. 2020
• The opportunity cost of worrying about the wrong things.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2011
• Where the opportunity cost of saying yes is higher than the benefit of the event itself.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
• To them, ignoring opportunity cost—as the 3 percenters do—is a much worse sin.
  — James Broughel, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• The idea that everything should be looked at as an opportunity cost?
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
• The other is confrontation, which Russian regimes require but cannot afford, and the opportunity costs of which are too high for the West.
  — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
• There’s a monetary and opportunity cost to keeping Toews around, and the Hawks wouldn’t pay it just for nostalgia’s sake.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
• Not chopping down trees would have a large opportunity cost.
  — The Economist, 11 June 2020
• Some would argue that the opportunity cost of being out of the market is declining.
  — Garth Friesen, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• At the halfway point in the cleanse, my weekly goal was to align my spending with my values by looking at the opportunity cost for my expenses.
  — Emily Pandise, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2019
• In this case, choosing to pay off the sum of your auto loan might result in an opportunity cost relating to your other debts.
  — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
• And then there’s the simple opportunity cost that comes with having to figure dogs into your every plan.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 3 Feb. 2022
• In normal times, that money might have earned more interest elsewhere, but with rates at zero, the opportunity cost of a SPAC is low.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2020
• But all those sheepskins have a steep opportunity cost.
  — Jason Delisle, National Review, 15 Aug. 2019
• The president recognizes the power of sanctions to squeeze the regime while incurring a low opportunity cost for the United States.
  — Michael R. Pompeo, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
• For any brand teams that may be worried about the opportunity cost of delay in e-commerce, our experts are more than happy to review their goals and share our excitement with them.
  — WWD, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024