Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheads
Noun
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If that appeals to you, hop aboard the complimentary shuttle and go to town—guests at the Ocean Club can charge expenses at Atlantis right to their room.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 May 2026 -
The money can help cover medical costs, mental health treatment, lost wages, funeral expenses and more — up to $70,000 in lifetime benefits.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Short-term competitive pressure, profit-seeking, and political convenience are driving regulatory decisions whose costs will be borne by everyone — not just the banks and their shareholders.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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In several instances, the Tribune found, the private guardian and its lawyers billed the former hospital patients for thousands of dollars in fees on top of hefty nursing home costs, quickly draining lifelong savings.—
Emily Hoerner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Currently, that revenue is used to fund various general fund expenditures, like public safety, mass transit, and capital improvement.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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Finance chiefs at five of the giant hyperscalers—Meta’s Susan Li, Microsoft’s Amy Hood, Alphabet’s Anat Ashkenazi, Oracle’s Hilary Maxson, and OpenAI’s Sarah Friar—are collectively overseeing hundreds of billions in capital expenditures.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
Noun
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And if the interest expense on our gigantic and ballooning national debt of $39 trillion weren’t already running at nearly $1 trillion a year, bigger than Medicare spending and equaling two-thirds of Social Security outlays, the half-point upward shift would likely prove manageable.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Months of contractor conversations, technology evaluations, capital outlays, and post-installation apps that required their own learning curve.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Established in 1858, the Permanent School Fund provides annual disbursements to every public school district in the state.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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The Denver Post attempted to contact the owners of more than a dozen restaurants to share the breakdown of their disbursements.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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“Overheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overheads. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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