expense
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Katz wrote in an email that the extra expense of around $2,000 per device were “cost prohibitive and detrimental to public safety.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
That pressure will likely continue as long as investors are worried about the health of the consumer and money keeps pouring into artificial intelligence plays at the expense of other stocks.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“Grandparents may have carefully saved for their own retirement, but they didn’t plan for the unexpected expense of being parents again. It’s putting these caregivers in situations that are untenable,” Butts said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Nearly a decade on, Slade's influence on Saturday's 32-12 victory, which clinched a play-off spot for the Chiefs at Sarries' expense, was still key.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
If you don’t want it to be at your expense, you have to take yourself off the table as an option.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing expense
Personal Finance and Financial Literacy - Introductory
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