Example Sentences

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Adani says by the time the Vizhinjam project is complete it will have cost more than $2.8 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The resulting game is the result of more than 1,600 people’s labour over seven years and will have cost hundreds of millions of pounds – enough to bankrupt almost any other developer.

From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2018

If the NFL follows through, Carroll’s unsolicited blabbing would be just the latest instance in which his penchant for pushing the boundaries will have cost the Seahawks dearly.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2017

Her network ads are airing only in New Hampshire and Iowa, and will have cost more than $6 million by the end of this month.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2015

I have had a most happy time of it, but I fear my amusement will have cost you many a weary hour of anxiety and suspense.

From Letters from High Latitudes by Dufferin, Lord