expense
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Katz wrote in an email that the extra expense of around $2,000 per device were “cost prohibitive and detrimental to public safety.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
“Grandparents may have carefully saved for their own retirement, but they didn’t plan for the unexpected expense of being parents again. It’s putting these caregivers in situations that are untenable,” Butts said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
SpaceX expects to list its stock later next week, but the prospect of another trillion-dollar-plus company hitting the market may be causing investors to reposition at the expense of other major tech names.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
If there was one pocket of weakness, it may have been on the expense side.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Mamita, furious at hearing her husband canonized at her expense, took her revenge.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing expense
Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - Introductory
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Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - Middle School
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