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current cost

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noun

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


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To test your financial readiness for a long-term health problem, start by identifying the current cost of in-home care as well as in a facility.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

Entire categories of work could be compressed into a fraction of their current cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The RealReal has yet to disclose current cost savings from Athena, but analysts see the potential as significant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

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

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 Armand Jacques Gerson

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