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overheads

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plural of overhead

as in expenses

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Those deductibles go up when hospital prices, drug costs, and labor expenses increase, as insurers try to slow premium growth by shifting more costs to patients.

— Julie Appleby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
If approved later this month, those expenses would reflect a roughly 8% overall increase from what officials approved for the 2026 budget year.

— Sofi Zeman August 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

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Oil prices and government borrowing costs climbed higher on Tuesday as traders’ hopes of a swift resolution to the US-Iran conflict fade.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
For any brand looking to steady its input costs and protect its production lines from geopolitical shocks, the case is straightforward.

— Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of costs

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Additionally, the budget took a $99 billion hit because the first of the month was a nonbusiness day, accelerating various benefits outlays as well as Supplemental Security Income and Medicare payments.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Defense Department military spending rose $39 billion (5%) on personnel and R&D; Veterans Affairs outlays rose $34 billion (11%) on more beneficiaries and higher per-person costs.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of outlays

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Environmental Protection Agency outlays dropped $20 billion (59%) because of lower clean-energy grant disbursements.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
One of the Larson’s campaign recent disbursements was labeled an in-kind voter list to Count on Connecticut.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

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