How to Use cost money in a Sentence
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Sure, this will cost money and time.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
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All of this will cost money—and a lot of it.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
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The policies sketched above will cost money.
—Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
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That can cost money and add more to a growing newborn to-do list.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 27 June 2024
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And that can cost money that people who are homeless don’t have.
—Liz Hardaway, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2021
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Spending time with friends doesn’t have to cost money, Hogan said.
—Giana Han, al, 6 June 2020
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All of which cost money to mitigate.
—Rose Evans january 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 Jan. 2026
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This is a big effort that will cost money—be prepared for that spending.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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But all of them cost money and will lead to higher car prices, analysts say.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Launching all that into space would cost money — lots of money.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
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But such screenings cost money, out of pocket, for most women.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
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In other words, honest mistakes can still cost money.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
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But building new power supplies and the wires to carry it will cost money.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
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Both approaches cost money and eat up onboard space that could be better used to haul loads.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 26 June 2020
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Yet the things that cost money are the things that give magazines their quality.
—WIRED, 20 June 2023
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Most cost money to maintain, time to look after, and focus to protect.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Such conflicts cost money and may harm both the animals and humans.
—Daniel T. Blumstein, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
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Still, some people think activities that cost money are just more fun.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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But even those orders are difficult to enforce–and cost money.
—Rebecca Feinglos, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2023
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Some of his photos have helped explain that process, which cost money and caused swordfish prices to increase.
—Ralph Pace, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
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These are all the not-so-pretty things that cost money, but don’t appear on TV.
—Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
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Trusts face high tax rates, however, and cost money to set up and administer.
—Liz Weston, oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2020
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But such projects — and anticipated load growth — will cost money.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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Scott is going to cost money, though not what Burnes or other top-level starters are getting.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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At some point, AI needs to make money for these companies rather than just cost money.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
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To do deliveries, a migrant needed three things, all of which cost money.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
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Setting up an e-commerce operation cost money the two didn’t have.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
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Servers, data and customer support cost money, which has to be recouped somewhere.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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Tax relief companies cost money, so hiring one may not always be the right option for you.
—Nick Perry, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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A couple of council members acknowledged that the arts cost money.
—Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
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