as in cost
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams
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Recent Examples of expense
Aguirre expressed support for multiple possibilities for the program, including a combination of a telehealth model, deploying mobile clinics to community health fairs and directly subsidizing medical expenses.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Given its plans to invest $600 billion in AI infrastructure over the next four years, the gulf between its revenues and comparatively astronomical expenses is set to continue to grow.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Relatives created a GoFundMe account to help pay for funeral expenses.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Union leaders and federal officials say empty gas tanks, childcare expenses and the threat of eviction keep more screeners from showing up the longer the shutdown continues.
—ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Given its plans to invest $600 billion in AI infrastructure over the next four years, the gulf between its revenues and comparatively astronomical expenses is set to continue to grow.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Relatives created a GoFundMe account to help pay for funeral expenses.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Union leaders and federal officials say empty gas tanks, childcare expenses and the threat of eviction keep more screeners from showing up the longer the shutdown continues.
—ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expense
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Lillibridge says his costs have already increased 25% since last year.—
Lana Zak,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The signs opposed the war in Iran, decried the cost of housing and health care, supported Ukraine in its war with Russia and raised the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Aside from its relationship with Microsoft, OpenAI cited risks such as its significant capital expenditures, reliance on compute resources, ongoing litigation with Elon Musk’s xAI, and its unusual structure as a public benefit corporation, whose parent is the OpenAI Foundation.—
Lora Kolodny,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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If the ocean rises by a foot, which 2022 research led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association suggested was likely by 2050, Santa Cruz wave breaks would lose enough surfable days to cut down visitor expenditures by almost $13 million.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Expense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expense. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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