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[in-kur] / ɪnˈkɜr /


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However, David Nicholas, president of Nicholas Wealth Management, told MarketWatch the listing doesn’t necessarily mean investors will sell ETFs to buy shares of Hynix, considering the high tax cost they would incur.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Intuit said it will close its offices in Reno and Woodland Hills and incur an estimated $300 million to $340 million in restructuring charges.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Full-day care for a single child typically runs $6,500 to $15,500, depending on age and location, a cost most families in the 1970s didn’t incur.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Their reunion has as much to teach both of them as it does the audience, bringing this story a strikingly beautiful new resonance that it could only incur with time.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

I calculated finally that my savings would be able to meet all the costs I might incur, and in addition, might stretch to the purchase of a new costume.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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