incurred

past tense of incur

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of incurred 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
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Verb
  • His curiosity is mirrored by that of Lewis Moon, a free-spirited drifter with both Cheyenne and Choctaw ancestry, who has been contracted by the government to drop bombs on the Niaruna, in an effort to scatter the tribe.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Hanaway’s office also subpoenaed two former Planned Parenthood Great Rivers board members, one physician contracted by Planned Parenthood Great Rivers and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, according to court records.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trubisky to former Saint Jimmy Graham, who caught the football and immediately ran up the tunnel into his offseason.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These fins, 50 percent larger and stronger, will play a vital role in steering, slowing, and eventually allowing the rocket to be caught mid-air by the launch tower’s arms for rapid reusability.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Dolan has repositioned the company around its niche streaming offerings, and pursued a strategy built around making its content and IP as widely accessible as possible.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On Saturday, local Janie Brown sought comfort at a prayer vigil at a chapel in McEwen, Tennessee.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The confrontations, while risking a broader conflict, also pose a geopolitical opportunity for India, which has cautiously sought to improve relations with the Taliban, perhaps filling the diplomatic hole left by its regional rival, Pakistan, analysts said.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Incurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurred. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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