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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Operators hope to soon raise that average to pre-drought levels, but likely at a cost to local marine ecosystem health and local drinking water supplies.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
Adding others to an account will still be possible but at a cost.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The lounge took six months to build out at a cost of $10,000 for the city.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
By December, workers in Ukraine were building around 50,000 FPVs a month at a cost of a few hundred dollars apiece.
—David Axe, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Bezos now owns three of the roughly 40 homes on the 300-acre island, at a cost of nearly a quarter billion dollars—$237 million, to be exact.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
In a statement released after the bridge collapsed early Tuesday, the American Trucking Association estimated that 4,900 trucks per day carrying an annual average of $28 billion worth of goods would have to be rerouted — at a cost to shippers and ultimately consumers.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
The gates will eventually be installed at all 98 Metrorail stations at a cost of $35 to $40 million.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Two processing centers will be set up in Albania at a cost to Italy of more than 600 million euros (about $650 million) over five years.
—Llazar Semini, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
Adding others to an account will still be possible but at a cost.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The lounge took six months to build out at a cost of $10,000 for the city.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
By December, workers in Ukraine were building around 50,000 FPVs a month at a cost of a few hundred dollars apiece.
—David Axe, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Bezos now owns three of the roughly 40 homes on the 300-acre island, at a cost of nearly a quarter billion dollars—$237 million, to be exact.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
In a statement released after the bridge collapsed early Tuesday, the American Trucking Association estimated that 4,900 trucks per day carrying an annual average of $28 billion worth of goods would have to be rerouted — at a cost to shippers and ultimately consumers.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
The gates will eventually be installed at all 98 Metrorail stations at a cost of $35 to $40 million.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Two processing centers will be set up in Albania at a cost to Italy of more than 600 million euros (about $650 million) over five years.
—Llazar Semini, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
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