expenditure
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The agency weighted expenditure reports to cover the missing spending, and for one index it will create October weights as a copy of September weights.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
"The health and care system is highly interconnected, and reducing expenditure in one area can simply displace costs elsewhere, often into more expensive urgent and emergency care," it said.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
"They may experience wasting and an inability to eat, which can be due to changes in the brain's central drive, leading to loss of appetite and initiative, increased energy expenditure, and difficulties feeding themselves."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
The investment would also add to MISC’s funding needs amid a major fleet renewal and capital expenditure program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Despite this expenditure, Hoover had decided, after assuming command of the bureau, to dump the case back on state authorities in order to evade responsibility for the failure.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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The department will separately track Measure FD revenue, create dashboards to monitor all expenditures and provide quarterly reports to the City Council to ensure transparency, Moore said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
This compared with a profit of 2 billion euros Munich Re made a year before, when its results were flattered by exceptionally low major-loss expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The company’s capital expenditures, or infrastructure investments, came out higher than expected for the quarter — at $14.5 billion compared to FactSet estimates of $11.9 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
DoorDash’s capital expenditures last year were about 4% of what Walmart U.S. spent on supply chain, customer-facing initiatives and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Caesar was one of those who wanted to gain the principality of Rome; but if he had survived and had not moderated his expenditures after doing so, he would have destroyed the power he acquired.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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