at the cost of

idiom

: by giving up or hurting (something else)
She completed the project on time but at the cost of her health.

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Recent Examples on the Web If these numbers were actually filmed in full, hacking off their final bars might’ve cut the total runtime, but at the cost of vexing audiences even further. Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 The experience will occur on Saturday, October 26 for 15 guests at the cost of $77 per person. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 1 Oct. 2024 Perhaps the key to understanding Megalopolis, then, is to see it as both unnerving and striking, its 85-year-old director’s ghastly, epic attempt to manipulate time itself at the cost of narrative logic. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024 However, this comes at the cost of their authentic self-expression. Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for at the cost of 

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“At the cost of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20cost%20of. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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