incur

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Recent Examples of incur In footage of the hearing obtained by NBC Miami, the judge explains Spirit incurred an approximate loss of $50,000 for deplaning the aircraft. Colson Thayer, People.com, 17 July 2025 Since then, JPMorgan Chase has never charged Plaid for its consumer data, one person familiar with the situation told Fortune. Plaid, however, does incur costs to manage the security, technology and compliance associated with maintaining the API integrations. Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 16 July 2025 Some returns can incur a restocking fee, return shipping fee or other logistics costs. Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 13 July 2025 And in July 2022, the city and Republic settled for the costs the city incurred during the strike that affected customers in Bonita, Chula Vista, Clairemont and other parts of San Diego County. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for incur
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Verb
  • Priya first arrived in Yemen in 2008, joining the ranks of more than two million people from Kerala who have sought better livelihoods across the Middle East.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
  • The State Department is seeking $2.9 billion in funding to continue HIV-AIDS programs in the next fiscal year—far lower than PEPFAR's current budget of more than $4 billion.
    Nik Popli, Time, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Jimmy Kimmel, who signed a new deal in 2022, is contracted through to the end of the 2025-26 broadcast season.
    Peter White, Deadline, 18 July 2025
  • Cats and other animals can contract the plague through eating rodents or through the bite of fleas.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • Rather than pursuing general-purpose models that compete with ChatGPT, Switzerland aims to develop large language models for specific applications in fields such as science, education, healthcare, robotics and climate studies.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Together, they’re pursued by Magneto's (Ian McKellen) Brotherhood of Mutants and eventually rescued by Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and the X-Men.
    EW.com, EW.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • The 45-year-old accepted a wild card to the Mubadala Citi Open in Washington, D.C. Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh hit a pair of home runs last night to bring his season total to 38, one shy of Barry Bonds’ 2001 record for homers before the All-Star break.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • The idea: If certain countries won’t take back their citizens—whether due to political tensions or human rights concerns—third-party nations would be asked to accept them instead.
    Antonio Maria Delgado July 11, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Scannell also said that his dogs as well as one of his neighbors suffered respiratory problems after one of the project's contractors — who was later fired — was caught dumping debris out of the building's windows.
    JC Reindl, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
  • Even some of Trump’s die-hard fans on Truth Social seemed caught off guard by the video, struggling to draw a connection between it and Trump’s politics.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • For example, 65% of workers would prefer AI to track their performance and 55% would welcome AI’s help to manage deadlines.
    Corinne Post, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Roger Stone, a longtime political ally of President Donald Trump, has welcomed reports that Ghislaine Maxwell might be willing to testify to Congress about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025

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“Incur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incur. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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