Thesaurus results for COSTING

costing

verb

present participle of cost

as in fetching

to have a price of the raffle tickets cost a dollar each

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Recent Examples of costing Last October, OpenAI announced plans to partner with a local company to build a data centre powered by clean energy costing up to $25 billion. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 24 Sep. 2026 The heart monitor, for the record, ended up costing more than the sleep apnea test at $200 after insurance. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 Most prominently, China is constructing one of the world's largest dams and hydropower plants in Tibet, costing around $170 billion. — Mamita Bhandari, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026 In the years 2021-2025, 79 people were responsible for 5,191 responses from emergency medical services, costing the already financially strained department significant time and money. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Remote parking will remain the cheapest option, costing $14 with a TollTag or $16 with a credit card. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026 Levis suffered a right shoulder injury against Miami that continued to bother him and ultimately required offseason surgery, costing him the entire 2025 season. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026 But the remaining $10 billion in bonds would be repaid through the state general fund, costing at least $500 million annually for 25 years. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 Presidential coverage is also costly, with multi-day trips costing tens of thousands of dollars for the news outlets involved. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

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Alexandra Pechman’s feature debut drops Lily McInerny’s Nora into the cliquish literary world of 2011, where an internship at a taste-making magazine means reading the slush pile, fetching coffee, and navigating exclusive parties.

— John Ross, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
As fetching as the manmade landscape of Carmel can be (on the left side of that drive), the natural setting on the right is better.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Like all the other participants in the beginning class, Bugumba also has an artistic bent, bringing a tumbler artistically decorated with cat logos and a phone case covered with feline pictures.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The Moon in your partnership zone squares Mercury in your domestic sphere, bringing competing needs into the same room.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

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