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cost analysis

American  
[kawst-uh-nal-uh-sis] / ˈkɔst əˈnæl ə sɪs /

noun

cost analyses plural
  1. an evaluation of the potential or actual costs associated with something.


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While big companies have teams guiding their strategies, smaller firms are figuring out themselves how to use AI for tasks ranging from cost analysis to customer service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

The cost analysis is the state’s latest step toward building the 45-mile tunnel, which would create a second route to draw water from the Sacramento River into the aqueducts of the State Water Project.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024

However, producing iron from red mud directly using hydrogen not only benefits the environment twice over; it pays off economically too, as the research team demonstrated in a cost analysis.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024

Even the SBCC’s own cost analysis called these changes “cost-ineffective.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022

In a statement, Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, touted the new cost analysis as “an important step in moving this transformative project forward.”

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2022

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