incur

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Recent Examples of incur If a homeowner missed an assessment payment one month and incurred a late fee, and payments for the following months were made on time, the homeowner continues to incur late fees each month because the payments are applied to the prior outstanding balance rather than the current dues assessment. Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025 If a homeowner missed an assessment payment one month and incurred a late fee, and payments for the following months were made on time, the homeowner continues to incur late fees each month because the payments are applied to the prior outstanding balance rather than the current dues assessment. Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025 Instead, Chinese goods will incur a 30% tariff, while China will collect a 10% tariff for now. James Peckham, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025 The company will then incur costs of storing those logs, making the NYT's request for 120 million user conversations six times as expensive as OpenAI's. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incur
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Verb
  • Many had anticipated Sand would seek the governorship, launching his bid for the seat almost exactly one month after Reynolds announced her retirement.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez follows the titular Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón), who seeks a fresh start — and a new identity as a woman — with the help of a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña, in her Oscar-winning role).
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Mercenaries are defined as soldiers who are contracted by third parties unaffiliated with a nation’s armed forces and motivated primarily by private gain.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Between 20% and 30% of people who contract Chagas disease could develop serious heart or digestive problems, risk getting an enlarged heart, colon or esophagus, or risk heart failure or cardiac arrest, per the CDC.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • But Stander and other preservationists are pursuing other avenues and got a boost last month.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The jury saw extensive emails between Donna and Wendi that showed how Donna pushed Wendi to pursue relocation to South Florida at any cost, including offering her ex-husband $1 million and taunting him with the possibility of converting their kids from Judaism to Catholicism.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For the high court to accept a petition to hear full arguments, four of the nine justices must vote to grant certiorari.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • On Wednesday night, the president asked the Supreme Court to quickly accept and rule on an appeal seeking to overturn the lower court decision.
    Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Now, the Bears are close to catching back up, as the score is 27-24 at the time of this writing.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In February, more than 40 people were killed in southern Mexico when a bus traveling to Tabasco from the tourist city of Cancun hit a trailer truck and caught fire.
    Lizbeth Diaz, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • And welcome to Full-court Press, The Courier Journal's new college sports newsletter.
    Payton Titus, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Adopters often follow the '333 rule' when welcoming a new dog into their home.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Incur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incur. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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