at a cost

phrase

: 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.

Examples of at a cost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Starship, which underpins Musk’s longer-term goals in space, has faced a rocky development path marred by explosive setbacks, malfunctions and delays — at a cost of $15 billion and running. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Renovated in 2005 at a cost of $8 million, the intimate 17-room hotel displays the trappings of Europe’s grandest hotels, starting with an impressive foyer with a Murano glass chandelier shaped like Constantin Brancusi’s infinity column. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Inherited retirement accounts alone carry withdrawal and tax rules that a chatbot can state with total confidence and still get wrong for your specific case, at a cost of thousands of dollars. — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 29 July 2026

The Swift observatory, officially known as the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, was launched in 2004 at a cost of $250 million. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for at a cost

• holocaust
• permafrost
• accost
• crisscrossed
• defrost
• embossed
• exhaust
• recrossed
• uncrossed
• bossed
• crossed
• dost