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overheads

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plural of overhead

as in expenses

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Asked whether his family had been forced to cut back on everyday expenses, Jahangiri’s answer was immediate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Resonance’s system accounts for everything—depreciation, maintenance costs, even thread expenses.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of expenses

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House Democrats will challenge Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on rising costs at a Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday morning, according to an internal memo shared with Semafor.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Unlike headcount, token costs are elastic, usage-based and variable, even for the same prompt.

— Hemant Kapadia, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of costs

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The Lawrence deal changed the Bengals’ math this offseason, and de facto general manager Duke Tobin spoke before training camp about the future outlays and challenges in completing those deals.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Interest payments alone have cost the Treasury more than its outlays for the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration, the Department of Commerce, and the Environmental Protection Agency, combined.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of outlays

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Following a confusing rollout of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s loan changes, some students couldn’t pay bills over summer, stoking fears about fall semester disbursements.

— Erin Rode, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026
Under this contract, the district has the authority to make contributions and request disbursements.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of disbursements

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