overheads

plural of overhead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overheads
Noun
  • Delta said the disruption forced it to cancel more than 5,000 flights and cost it more than $500 million in revenue and compensation for passengers, among other expenses.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The district also faces financial challenges, with expenses exceeding general fund revenue starting in the 2024-25 school year.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to The Dallas Morning News, the new junior tour will feature 10-12 events in 2026, eliminating entry fees and membership costs.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The pressure to keep costs under control became more urgent during the pandemic when Macy’s was fighting to stave off bankruptcy.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is currently chopping around 3%.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Pet care expenditures by Americans totaled $152 billion in 2024, according to estimates from the American Pet Products Association.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Between 2022 and 2024, Moscow allocated at least $263 billion to defence outlays — approximately 7% of GDP annually — transforming a massive portion of its economy into a military-industrial complex on a scale that is unprecedented since the Cold War.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Spending on restaurants and cafes is among the biggest category of consumer outlays in the kingdom, with $2 billion spent in August — nearly 12% of total spending captured from payment machines, according to Saudi Central Bank data.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Grant disbursements for Gateway have been on hold since then, Sigmund said in an email.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Only about 16% of graduate students have relied on Grad PLUS loans, but the program accounted for 32% of federal-loan disbursements, according to a report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workplace.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
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