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Each stage of that process will incur expenses such as transport and storage, and rising costs at any step could end up in the product you buy being more expensive.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Boston Scientific plans to lay off staff and incur $700 million to $800 million in charges under a restructuring plan to be completed by 2029.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Insurance is not included in your lease, and you may incur damage fees if the device is lost, stolen, or not returned in the condition required by the lease,” Apple noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
On the other hand, you’d never incur any fund-management fees with the Do Nothing strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
It did not seem reasonable to incur such an expense merely to impress one’s friends; although Penelope did not know Lord Fredrick well, he did seem to her to be both reasonable and cost-conscious.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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CDs are typically less flexible because withdrawing funds before maturity often incurs a penalty.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
“To the extent he inadvertently incurs exposure to those industries through third-party managers or liquid legacy investments, Tom will donate all profits to charity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
The sale helps Occidental reduce its net debt but eliminates a diversifying asset and incurs a significant $1.7 billion tax bite.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2025
The regulations state: "A team will have one point deducted from its points total for each penalty over it incurs."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
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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There is no time limit on reimbursements, so the expenses can be decades old, as long as they were incurred after the HSA was opened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sturm Ruger incurred about $1.2 million in expenses related to a Beretta Holding agreement and a chief financial officer transition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
This means many of the losses incurred in the attacks have been borne by businesses.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
But in the letter to GKN executives, the county argued that the donation did not absolve the company of liability or of costs incurred by taxpayers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Years later, Theodore Parker incurred the wrath of the pro-slavery forces in the country.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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Rather than send wheat to Minneapolis to be processed, incurring high transportation costs, farmers and the state banded together to form the North Dakota Mill, the only state-owned mill in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
It is accounting policy to depreciate infrastructure and recognize other operating costs related to scaling new clusters when it starts provisioning the equipment, incurring expenses before the assets are handed over to a customer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
However, for most people, paying a 6.6% mortgage rate is less costly than incurring the substantial taxes associated with a $500,000 lump-sum IRA withdrawal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
With his back against the wall, Walt decided to rerelease “Snow White” in theaters, seven years after its 1937 debut—hoping to generate income without incurring new production expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Moreover, he need not worry about incurring the infamy of those vices without which it would be difficult to save the state.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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