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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Planning is underway for Phase 2 and Phase 3, which eventually will provide similar flood protection north to Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto sometime after 2030, likely at a cost above $1 billion.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
In February 1973, roughly 10 months after Sunrise Mall opened with great fanfare and at a cost of $30 million on former farm land, then-center manager Ken Kinsley weighed in with a piece in the Sacramento Union.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The Patriots also own Gillette Stadium, which opened in 2002 and was renovated at a cost of $250 million in 2023.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
The lab would process about 150 samples over three months, at a cost of about $90,000.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
In February 1973, roughly 10 months after Sunrise Mall opened with great fanfare and at a cost of $30 million on former farm land, then-center manager Ken Kinsley weighed in with a piece in the Sacramento Union.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The Patriots also own Gillette Stadium, which opened in 2002 and was renovated at a cost of $250 million in 2023.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
The lab would process about 150 samples over three months, at a cost of about $90,000.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
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“At a cost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20cost. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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