What does at all costs mean?

at all costs

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

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"We have to retain the majority at all costs."
"Of course, closure of the West station took away the hotel's raison d'être. In May 2012, the local newspaper reported that this historic hotel, by then rated the town's worst (exemplified by its final review: "Please avoid at all costs"), was to be converted into 31 first-time-buyer one-bedroom flats."

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