cost
noun
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything.
have been costing
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present perfect progressiveof cost.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Development pressure, tree diseases, storms and old age have been costing the city an estimated 9,000 trees per year, according to a state estimate.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2020
Little things have been costing us and the margin on Friday will be small.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2011
Last week the Federal Trade Commission told why, for years, they have been costing far more than they should.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week the music stopped and the casualty lists appeared: > Fired were four topFox executives whose brains have been costing the company at least half a million a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
The result has been that they have been costing certain localities millions of dollars every year.
From The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit by Ralph Waldo Trine
