incur
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Speedier installations shorten the period during which customers incur data center expenses without generating revenue.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
The proposition also could incur additional costs for state and local governments depending on the attorney general’s interpretation of what constitutes program expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Other than in mid-October, there appears to be no reason to incur these stocks’ higher risk.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
In connection with its restructuring, Zscaler said it would incur charges of about $30 million to $33 million, consisting mostly of employee and severance benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Polly, Amari, and Teenie looked at one another but did not fight him or object—they did not want to do anything to further incur his anger.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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If LA28 incurs massive financial losses, the city would cover the first $270 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
According to Fifa regulations, a red card "automatically incurs suspension from the subsequent match" but the governing body "may impose additional match suspensions and other disciplinary measures".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Encrypting and decrypting your traffic as you go about your online business incurs a cost, resulting in a speed hit on your connection.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
“The run on this, it is amazing,” said Sperzel, head of trading for Germany, adding that the buying spree is a surprise because silver, unlike gold, incurs a sales tax in Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Under Fifa's definition, a professional player has a written contract and is paid more than the expenses incurred playing.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Lauren Meadows, whose videos about motherhood have earned her 256,000 followers on TikTok, has posted several about medical debt she incurred from baby deliveries and hospital stays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was suspended without pay for six months for “his involvement with the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Mr. Leonard and his family.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But EDL, charged with maintaining the grid, is tackling large debts incurred during the expansion and due to consumer subsidies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
According to a study by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, each year the average jockey is injured three times and spends a total of almost eight weeks sidelined by injuries incurred on the track.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Google also reported greater-than-expected operating expenses and negative free cash flow, highlighting the staggering costs the company is incurring as it races to secure data center capacity and develop new AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
You're not incurring a direct cost on your books for this old software, but in reality you are, only it's an implicit cost until something like this happens.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Despite his efforts to avoid incurring the wrath of Uncle Sam, Marset eventually came into the crosshairs of the DEA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The investment implication: Only during the first busy week of earnings season will you earn a return, on average, for incurring the risk of high-beta stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mainly he had learned that he could, occasionally at least, jump from his cage and wander around without incurring any anger or injury.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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