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antes

noun

plural of ante

as in costs

the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something the base price is $500, but any additional repairs will up the ante

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Recent Examples of antes Le dediqué mi espectáculo antes de comenzar. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026

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House Democrats will challenge Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on rising costs at a Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday morning, according to an internal memo shared with Semafor.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Unlike headcount, token costs are elastic, usage-based and variable, even for the same prompt.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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Pokémon card prices have surged 1,350% since 2020, according to an index compiled by Collectors, which owns card grading agency Professional Sports Authenticator, CNBC previously reported.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
Trump will host the governors of South Dakota, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the Oval Office to tout work on lower drug prices, which Republicans hope to turn into a winning midterms message.

— David Lim, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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On Friday, several voters who signed a referendum petition putting the new congressional district map to a statewide vote in November filed suit seeking class-action status for monetary damages against Hoskins.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
The states’ lawsuit, filed Monday morning in the Southern District of New York, does not seek monetary damages from the federal government, but rather asks the court to block the rule, invalidate it and prevent DHS from using it.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

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