at a cost
idiom
: by giving up something else
He had achieved fame, but at a cost; he'd lost many friends and no longer talked to anyone in his family.
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The zoo will host the black-and-white duo under a loan from China for the next decade, at a cost of $1 million a year.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
Up, up and away Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Thursday the league plans to fund charter flights at a cost of about $50 million over the next two years in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns regarding travel on commercial flights.
—Dan Loumena, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
Instead, a truncated system is now expected to be fully operational in 2031, at a cost of $9.9 billion.
—Marc Joffe, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2024
The scheme, in operation from 1967 to 1972 at a cost of at least hundreds of millions a year, was a total failure.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
Up, up and away Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Thursday the league plans to fund charter flights at a cost of about $50 million over the next two years in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns regarding travel on commercial flights.
—Dan Loumena, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
Instead, a truncated system is now expected to be fully operational in 2031, at a cost of $9.9 billion.
—Marc Joffe, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2024
The scheme, in operation from 1967 to 1972 at a cost of at least hundreds of millions a year, was a total failure.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024
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