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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Rehabilitation of a structure called the parallel gravity line, a backup pipe that can collect overflow from the Tijuana wastewater system, is also prioritized and listed at a cost of $8.2 million. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025 The system that failed me a decade ago finally delivered accountability, but at a cost. Kc Baker, People.com, 22 July 2025 Opened in 1890, at a cost of about $875,000, The Arcade was America’s first indoor shopping center, modeled after Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 California Forever consists of 68,500 acres of rolling farmland assembled since 2017 at a cost of more than $900 million. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for at a cost

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“At a cost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20cost. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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