at a cost
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: 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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Trust me, the Fed will win, but at a cost that most will find less than compelling for most stocks in the 2000 some odd equities that define a broader class than the S & P 500.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
North Dakota sued the federal government over claims that the Army Corps of Engineers should have done more to quell the demonstrations, leaving state and local law enforcement and first responders to step in at a cost of $38 million.
—Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
Today’s most powerful data centers were built at a cost of around $5 billion — but this venture makes those facilities look cheap by comparison.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The Digital Divide Gen Z seems to be more tech savvy than previous generations, but this may have occurred at a cost.
—Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
North Dakota sued the federal government over claims that the Army Corps of Engineers should have done more to quell the demonstrations, leaving state and local law enforcement and first responders to step in at a cost of $38 million.
—Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
Today’s most powerful data centers were built at a cost of around $5 billion — but this venture makes those facilities look cheap by comparison.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The Digital Divide Gen Z seems to be more tech savvy than previous generations, but this may have occurred at a cost.
—Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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