as in cost
to have a price of
the house is selling for $200,000
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New rides like this one can cost $100 million, if not more, to create; incorporate LiDAR laser systems of the kind used on self-driving cars; and rely on robotic figures with thousands of moving parts.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025 -
That’s the extent to which Netzer was considered the key man beforehand, but his poor form eventually cost him a place in the West German starting XI, and the side compensated for his absence through discipline and energy rather than flair.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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To give that price range context, in 2024, a 1962 Park Ward example of the model sold through RM Sotheby’s for €85,100 (approximately $99,700), and a year before that, another 1960 example—bodied by the same coachbuilder—fetched £196,875 (approximately $265,700) through Gooding & Company.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
8 Sep. 2025
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Keep Users Engaged With Stale-While-Revalidate Implement a stale-while-revalidate strategy to deliver cached content immediately while uploaded data is being fetched on the backend.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Sold (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sold%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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