operating costs

Example Sentences

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Franchisees also shoulder staffing, utility, and local operating costs that have become harder to offset through higher sales alone.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Companies, particularly in the tech sectors, have fled the state since then, blaming the state’s high operating costs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Instead of cost cutting, USPS’s operating costs increased by nearly 10% between 2021 and 2025, and productivity plummeted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

London taxpayers, who currently contribute to stadium operating costs such as stewarding, will have to make up the funding gap.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Only a month earlier, Lawrence had given him preliminary estimates of $750,000 for construction and another $250,000 for operating costs over a ten-year period.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik