INCURS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

incurs

verb

present tense third-person singular of incur

as in pursues

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That output would provide substantial manufacturing capacity as the company pursues a higher flight rate.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, a Democrat, expressed concern over surveillance footage that shows Parra Hernandez and another person jumping out of a white truck and running as a dark SUV pursues them.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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The university admissions replacement system still has to be designed, and legal changes may be needed — leaving crucial decisions unresolved even as the government seeks to persuade students to end their protests.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The end of Vucic’s reign now ushers in a period of uncertainty as the disparate Student List seeks to establish a new order in the country.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

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Amazon does not directly employ workers anywhere in the country and instead contracts its labor force through other firms.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
At birth, ordinary life contracts around a mother and newborn before opening outward again.

— Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026

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Life and social structures in remote river villages are rooted in summer fish camps, where the community catches, processes, and preserves the salmon that feeds them through the winter.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Participants step or jump off a platform more than 40 feet above the ground, experiencing a brief moment of free fall before the rope system catches them and slowly lowers them to the ground.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of catches

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Life that doesn’t just accept its sentence, but embraces it in joyful reverence?

— Gabi Abrão, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
In Asia, leaders are traditionally expected to project absolute certainty; a stance that instead embraces uncertainty puts their credibility and authority on the line.

— Ryoji Sekido, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

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