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current cost

American  

noun

  1. a cost based on the prevailing price paid for material, labor, etc.


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The current cost to attend Yale, which is part of the academic world’s famed Ivy League, is above $90,000 per academic year, with tuition accounting for nearly $70,000 of that amount.

From MarketWatch Jan. 29, 2026

“Our current cost structure limits our ability to invest significantly in our customer value proposition,” Schulman wrote in Thursday’s email.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

At $215,000 per unit, that’s roughly a third of the current cost of construction financed with tax credits.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2025

Retired teacher Jane Collins said in the current cost of living crisis it was a "really good idea".

From BBC May 5, 2025

In this way the government raised six or seven billion dollars in a single year, approximately one third of the current cost of the war.

From A School History of the Great War by Gerson, Armand Jacques

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