as in cost
to have a price of
the house is selling for $200,000
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Tickets cost $225 last year, according to the school.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026 -
Sea drones, produced for around $300,000 apiece, have destroyed warships that cost tens of millions of dollars.—
Holly Williams,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction is an ancient Chinese Guqin (similar to a zither) from the Song Dynasty (960–1279), which fetched 137 million yuan (US$22 million) at Polyauction (Beijing) in a 2010 Beijing auction.—
Mike Hanlon
March 22,
New Atlas,
22 Mar. 2026
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But oil companies, which lobbied for the change, are still blaming refinery and pipeline closures, as well as the lower prices fetched by California crude compared with imports, for limiting projects.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Sold (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sold%20%28for%29. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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