incur

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Recent Examples of incur Payments made by check or wire transfer will now incur a $25 fee per transaction, while Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments will remain exempt. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 The company incurred a net loss of $11,886,524, compared to a net loss of $7,011,036 in 2023. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025 The incentive applies to half of all qualified spending on production and post-production costs incurred in Japan after a project’s official selection. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025 Aimed at large-scale international film and TV projects, the scheme offers a cash rebate of up to 50% of the costs incurred during production and post-production in Japan. Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for incur
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incur
Verb
  • Newsweek sought email comment from the Department of Education and the Department of Government Efficiency.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • From the beginning of his political career, Bukele sought to project a forcefulness that would stand in contrast to El Salvador’s seemingly innocuous, ineffective political class.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Escalating operational costs, persistent inflation, shortages of clinical staff, and contracting fiscal margins are squeezing healthcare institutions nationwide.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Even though production has since contracted, especially in L.A., optimism is running high that a proposal to double California’s film and TV tax credit in the state will be passed by state legislators.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But the Trump administration has repeatedly criticized foreign aid as wasteful and accused agencies like USAID of pursuing political agendas.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In the movie, Jack Black plays a bored doorknob salesman named Steve, a character based on the original default Minecraft avatar; the action begins when Steve leaves his job and, pursuing a lifelong dream, heads for the local mine.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Joann only accepting in-store purchases during closure All Forever 21 stores to be closed by May 1 following closing sales, operator says Is your favorite restaurant charging you extra for eggs?
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The robots, which accept, deliver and move goods within the warehouse levels, will never cross the pickup area or bike lane to avoid bottlenecks.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For annuals, catching weeds early can mean the difference between a handful of weeds and thousands of seedlings.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
  • But the damage can be reversible if caught early enough.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • How our band made the decision to perform—and why we probably won’t be welcomed back By Ryan Miller Listen1.0x 0:0011:19 Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration.
    Ryan Miller, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Today’s news item is brought to you by the letters S, Z, and A. Sesame Street welcomed SZA on Thursday to sing a song about gratitude.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Incur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incur. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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