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Recent Examples of incur
Actuaries will review the proposals, examining trends in unit cost (total expenditure incurred by the company), utilization of services and expected severity of claims.
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Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
Shoppers who have not signed up for Prime, Amazon’s subscription membership service, can also get same-day grocery delivery, but each order incurs a $12.99 fee.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
At the same time, the financial documents reveal that the military was incurring substantial losses, contributing to the rapid decline of the island’s economy.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Most companies now choose to move the commodities away from the well site before selling them, incurring additional transportation and processing costs.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2025
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Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
Shoppers who have not signed up for Prime, Amazon’s subscription membership service, can also get same-day grocery delivery, but each order incurs a $12.99 fee.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
At the same time, the financial documents reveal that the military was incurring substantial losses, contributing to the rapid decline of the island’s economy.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Most companies now choose to move the commodities away from the well site before selling them, incurring additional transportation and processing costs.
—Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incur
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During his first term, Trump issued a memo ordering that immigrants without lawful status be excluded from the population count used to apportion House seats and repeatedly sought to add a citizenship question to the census for the first time since 1950.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Journal Sentinel also sought feedback on the school's name, with 10 readers responding.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The announcement is the latest in a series of moves that Webtoon has undertaken since spinning off from its South Korean parent company Naver in an IPO last summer, to demonstrate continuing momentum in an industry that has contracted from pandemic-era highs.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Stanford did not work for the state but the complaint alleges that her employer, Covenant Services, Inc., had been contracted to provide this service through the ADHR — the state agency that oversees the foster care system in Alabama.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Toll hit on many of the same themes, outlining the fanaticism of the Japanese military and threats of a coup if their leaders tried to pursue peace.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Aug. 2025
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That insight led us to pursue community development grants, which aligned well with our goals.—
Christine Blake,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Democracy supporters opposed to the junta have warned the international community against falling for the military’s election plan, and say such a poll will never be accepted by the people.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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Another issue is that the short-term solutions — often called levers — previously deployed to raise money to spend on transfers have not always been accepted by La Liga, who want the club to be run in a more sustainable way.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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For all Sacks’ efforts to remain an indefinable cult figure outside the mainstream, he has lately been caught in Hollywood’s tractor beam, with several film scripts in advanced stages of development.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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Dan stepped onto the scene in a tailored suit that caught the light and everyone’s attention.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
15 Aug. 2025
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Princess Beatrice and Edo later welcomed their first child, daughter Sienna, 3, in September 2021, and the family expanded again when their second child, daughter Athena, 6 months, was born in January.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Over the next two decades, Theater Square hosted New Year's Eve celebrations and welcomed the Louisville Clock, a piece known for its whimsical races right after the stroke of noon.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Incur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incur. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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