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overheads

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plural of overhead

as in expenses

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Spradling said large events can provide a significant boost, but staffing pressures, parking shortages and rising operating expenses remain ongoing challenges.

— Kenny Choi, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
It's estimated that class members who submit a valid claim could receive up to $22, although the final amount will be impacted by the number of valid claims, payments to lead class members, legal fees, settlement administration and other expenses.

— Brian Sloan, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of expenses

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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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Yet, despite decades of effort and millions in capital expenditures, true end-to-end lineage across a complex enterprise mosaic of custom builds and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products remained an elusive goal.

— Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Traders will also get the latest reading on the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is slated for release next Wednesday.

— Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of expenditures

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In the first 10 months of the 2026 fiscal year, interest costs have eclipsed Medicare healthcare outlays to become the second-largest line item in the federal budget, behind the Social Security pension system.

— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
In the first 10 months of the 2026 fiscal year, interest costs have eclipsed Medicare health care outlays to become the second-largest line-item in the federal budget, behind the Social Security pension system.

— David Lawder, USA Today, 19 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

Definition of disbursements

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