The cost of construction insurance in Manhattan has tripled since 9/11, and there have been changes to the design.

The headquarters is now at least two years behind schedule, and its cost has more than tripled.

As a result, her monthly costs tripled to $50.

The cost of its main raw material, resin, has nearly tripled in the last two years.

The costs of marketing have tripled over the last 15 years, reaching $15 million or far higher.

Back then, though, Medicaid cost about $14 billion a year, and its cost has since more than tripled.

The cost of earmarks has tripled in the last 12 years, to more than $64 billion annually.

Natural gas is cleaner than oil and coal, but its cost has recently tripled.

The cost of shipping a standard cargo load overseas almost tripled, just as it did over the past few years.

Mostly as a result, trash-disposal costs have more than tripled since 1981, from $20 million to $70 million.