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overheads

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plural of overhead

as in expenses

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The university covers tuition, fees and living expenses for families earning up to $100,000.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026
The town of Foxboro responded to the Kraft Group’s lawsuit filed in June on Tuesday, stating the nearly $1 million entertainment license fee at issue was a legitimate billing for safety expenses and filing a counterclaim against the group.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026

Definition of expenses

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As the large inefficient buses are phased out, this would significantly reduce the capital expenditures that Lynx requires.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Public expenditures in Norway are on track to outpace revenues by 2040, creating uncertainty about the reliability of public funding for sports.

— Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026

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Households in the top 20% — those with incomes of about $200,000 or more — account for nearly 60% of personal outlays, up from about half in the early 1990s, according to a Moody's analysis published in June and authored by Zandi.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 July 2026
The top 20% of the income distribution now accounts for nearly 60% of all personal outlays, up from about half in the early 1990s.

— Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of outlays

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And disbursements from the accounts will be subject to taxes.

— Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
While class members could, in theory, continue selling their claims after that point, industry participants generally expect the market to dry up once buyers can no longer receive direct disbursements from the QSF.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 June 2026

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