as in cost
to have a price of
the house is selling for $200,000
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Following last week’s blunders against the Rams, in which Mitchell’s mistakes cost the team two touchdowns, he was effectively benched until garbage time in the fourth quarter.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025 -
The rebrand clearly cost the paper subscribers and readers.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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But after all bids had been collected, the simple cotton tee fetched a whopping $17,640 ($19,300 with fees), setting a new record for the most expensive vintage T-shirt ever sold at auction.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Rival executives tell stories about seeing the Rockies place players on waivers who might have fetched something in a trade.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Sold (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sold%20%28for%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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