How to Use cost of living in a Sentence

cost of living

noun phrase
  • The cost of living is too high.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Then the cost of living went up.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The cost of living has grown faster than wages.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • This will help with cost of living, too.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
  • This will help with cost of living, too.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • But the high cost of living and lack of jobs put that dream out of reach.
    — Mark Banchereau, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The cost of living is not matching wages of folks.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Not just housing, but the full cost of living.
    — Mandy Havlik, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • One can measure the cost of living.
    — Aldrin Rafael Bonilla, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
  • The cost of living — and home sale prices — slowly cooled.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 Jan. 2026
  • And that's clearly cost of living.
    — CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The cost of living is only going up, up and away!
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • But the need is greater now because of the rising cost of living.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • The cost of living helps drive the cost of doing business.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • So $25 is not even meeting the cost of living.
    — Janay Reece, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Walter sees middle-class tax cuts as a way to ease the cost of living.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Polls show voters are worried about the cost of living.
    — Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • And everyone who lives here knows all about the cost of living, too.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Britain has been going through a cost of living crisis.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And that's not accounting for salaries and cost of living.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Right now, my constituents are concerned about the cost of living.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Meantime, wages haven’t kept pace with the rising cost of living.
    — Mark Davis, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • From gas prices to housing, here are three things to know about the rising cost of living.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 12 May 2026
  • Rent can be increased 5% plus the change in the local cost of living.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
  • But the absence of a state income tax doesn’t mean the cost of living is low across the board.
    — System Process, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the absence of a state income tax doesn’t mean the cost of living is low across the board.
    — System Process, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Second is the broader cost of living.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • Trump has promised to get the cost of living under control by shaking things up.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Trump then pivoted to his talking points about the cost of living.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The biggest challenge Texas faces is the cost of living.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026

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