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 That, in turn, led to Southampton getting thrown out of the playoffs — costing the team a chance of promotion to the lucrative Premier League — and receiving a four-point deduction to start this season. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 The film brought in $8 million domestically during its opening weekend despite costing over $80 million to produce. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 Prenup services can be wind up costing thousands so their flat fee is comparatively more affordable. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 Transportation remains a separate fee, with the Rooter Bus to and from the Rose Bowl costing $15 per game or $60 for the season. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Diabetes is even more expensive, costing $640 billion every year. — Bo Evans, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Every answer is a broken connection quietly costing you a salary. — Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 That’s up nearly 34% from a year earlier and is not only costing people more at the pump but also through higher prices for all kinds of products that move by truck to store shelves. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 The highest gasoline and diesel prices are cumulatively costing Americans over $700 million more per day versus last year. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 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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