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expenses

  • plural
    of expense.
    expense
    noun
    cost or charge.
  • present tense form
    of expense (3rd person singular).
    expense
    noun
    cost or charge.

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Inflation data usually doesn’t include some of the expenses people care about most.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Andrew Gordon, who writes for the Marshall Allen Project newsletter, which offers tips on how people can reduce their healthcare expenses, said the social-media trend reflected the pent-up frustration with the existing system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nearly 9 out of every 10 students who used credit cards reported doing so to pay for basic living expenses such as food, housing and gas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

An independent commission found City guilty of all charges related to inflating sponsorship revenue by £830m by using sham contracts, as well as hiding other expenses worth an additional £90m.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Miscellaneous other expenses, including clothes, shoes, and personal items such as toothpaste, quickly exhausted what was left.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander