cost-share
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of cost-share
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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Together, he said, “those studies have indicated that a vast share of the causation of autism can be traced to the effects of genetic influences. That is a fact.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
This vast share in the West is a relic of its settlement.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2025
The chart also doesn’t reflect the everyday mixed-breed dogs that make up a vast share of the estimated 77 million or more canines in U.S. homes.
From Washington Times • May 1, 2020
The vast share of the money will go to the national party committee.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2016
Little scavengers only had so much time to profit before the lions rolled in and took the vast share of the meat.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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