dues

plural of due

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dues
Noun
  • Serving as President of the Directors Guild of America has been one of the greatest privileges of my professional life.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Pike settled her lawsuit in 2024 and gained more privileges, ending her de facto solitary confinement.
    Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Such blatant grabs by the state send a clear signal to those who are tempted to think that the perquisites of Russian elite status—money and businesses—belong exclusively to them.
    ANDREI KOLESNIKOV, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When accounting for pre-development, procurement of entitlements such as zoning, environmental review, full buildout and operation, the project is expected to take approximately 10 years to complete.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Data silos or inconsistent naming conventions can wreak havoc on both entitlements and invoicing.
    Griffin Parry, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But she is best remembered for Keeping Up Appearances and her role as Hyacinth Bucket, a working-class woman with pretensions of social superiority.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Such pretensions on the part of the mega-rich aren’t new; Lowell reminds us of that.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Harold is so clearly not a great man that his pretenses feel more like cries for help.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
  • They were arraigned on Friday in Brockton District Court on one count each of larceny over $1,200 by false pretenses, embezzlement, and conspiracy.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Dues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dues. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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