How to Use at the cost of in a Sentence

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• But not at the cost of losing what’s special about our sport.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
• Let yourself be seen, but not at the cost of your well-being.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
• Do the job, maybe a little more—but not at the cost of your well-being.
  — Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
• This comes at the cost of taking up more space, even when fully folded.
  — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
• But Kwei fights back, saving Dek’s life at the cost of his own.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
• But out in the world, shoppers started balking at the cost of a bag of chips.
  — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
• Success doesn’t have to come at the cost of your soul, your sanity or your health.
  — Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
• Spurs got their act together too, albeit at the cost of more injuries.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 May 2025
• Lamborghini avoids these issues at the cost of brake feel that goes spongy at track speeds.
  — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
• More lighting can help them out of poverty, but at the cost of a larger increase in sky glow.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2023
• However, this comes at the cost of a higher price tag and less intense flavors.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• Apps and games compete for their attention, often at the cost of focus in school.
  — Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
• There are multiple ways of looking at the cost of the Afghanistan War.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
• But, not at the cost of making things worse, which is what breaking them down without a place to put people does.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
• Innovation should not come at the cost of the core business model.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• Employees want growth, but not at the cost of security.
  — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• Relevance matters—but not at the cost of brand integrity.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• This makes the camera more sensitive to light than the human eye, albeit at the cost of a little speed.
  — Jordan Blanchard, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2026
• Early venture capital can push entrepreneurs to chase speed at the cost of success.
  — Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• But focusing on right now at the cost of the future has never been how Vowles wanted to do things.
  — Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• So moving out his contract and clearing cap space, even at the cost of two draft picks, was worth it for the Devils.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• That would give researchers far more insight into how these systems behave, at the cost of far more data to process.
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• But this unanticipated assistance comes at the cost of the fetch rover.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2023
• Europe writes some of the world’s most demanding AI rules, often at the cost of speed.
  — Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• The plays express concern for the destruction of the natural world at the cost of human life.
  — Time, 16 Aug. 2023
• Obviously, not at the cost of Mookie.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
• In the modern food environment, many of us succumb to these temptations at the cost of our health.
  — David S. Ludwig, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
• Patlakh wants to grow, but not at the cost of the mission that makes Kidology worth growing.
  — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• That came at the cost of waiving center Orlando Robinson from his two-way deal.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2022
• That tells us the goal suppression has improved, but at the cost of Edmonton’s offence.
  — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025