How to Use bill in a Sentence

bill

1 of 2 noun
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  • And the bills kept soaring, topping out at $1,200 by the end of March.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • But either way, the bill could be a lot less than buying a brand new one.
    — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In the House, Johnson declared the Senate bill a non-starter, too.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Likewise, the Sport-L comes standard with front-wheel drive, with all-wheel drive adding $1500 to the bill.
    — Greg S. Fink, Car and Driver, 13 June 2023
  • The nursing home didn't bill Medicare in time to get paid, sticking Weyand with the bills.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Thus, the bill has not been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
    — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
  • What’s more, a number of the bills seem well-intended, but are head-scratchers.
    — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Lawmakers passed the bill in the final days of the legislative session.
    — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
  • No one in Odense is getting an energy bill straight from Meta.
    — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
  • These are all compelling arguments that the Senate bill doesn't have.
    — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • And even as households run up credit card bills, the share that have debt in collection is at a historic low.
    — Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
  • And, of course, congressman, the intention of this bill is to support Israel right now.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The funds cannot be used on luxury items or bills unrelated to food.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2023
  • If a borrower’s earnings are low enough, their bill is reduced to $0.
    — Collin Binkley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
  • Under a 2022 bill, which stalled in the House, daylight saving time would have been made permanent.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • This December, Duddridge is increasing the bill for some of her guests.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That's why hundreds of anti-trans bills have been introduced across 49 states.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • Under Orr’s bill, the commission won’t make the name of the complainant public, but will inform the person accused.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 26 June 2023
  • The bill may be coming due for continued declines in TV ratings.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 June 2023
  • This oversized boat neck knit sweater fits the bill for this year — the neutral khaki color is easy to mix and match with jeans, leather pants, corduroy, or white trousers.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2024
  • But even with the backing of the governor and broad popular support, the bill didn’t make it out of the State Legislature last year.
    — John Surico, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2023
  • House Republicans, with late help from Democrats, pushed through a short-term bill to fund the government through Nov. 17 and avert a shutdown.
    — Nick Parker, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The bill also makes failure to properly lock up and secure firearms a Class A misdemeanor.
    — The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The measure contains six annual spending bills and had already passed the House.
    — Kevin Freking, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Four Republicans voted against the bill, while four Democrats voted for it.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The seven-day free trial has disappeared, but the cord-cutting service is offering 50% off of the first month’s bill.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Additional acts will join the performance bill in the coming weeks.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • During the bill signing in May, Rufo mocked the student protestors who could be heard outside.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
  • After many years as Max’s caregiver while mom Kristine works to pay the bills, Doris just wants to be a normal teenager: Learn to drive, throw a house party.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Among his concerns was that the bill would permit parents without jobs to be eligible for the credits.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
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bill

2 of 2 verb
  • The case was no billed and dismissed by the Grand Jury.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Snoop and Dre, who is billed as the show’s producer, will take the famed stage for two nights, June 27 and 28.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • Those rescued from the mountain will not be billed, per the Herald.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The opera bills itself as based on the memoir but leans heavily on the film.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This change, which was set to take effect in 2024, would limit how health care providers could bill for the surgery.
    — Paige Stables, Allure, 22 Nov. 2023
  • It was billed as Majors’ first TV project as a lead actor.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Mistakes are made, people bill for the wrong thing and send bills to the wrong patients sometimes.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Boris & Horton opened in the East Village, billed as the city’s first cafe for dogs, where humans and their pets eat and hang out.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The April 10 clash between the two is billed as the most important game in the history of the National League.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Ike was billed first and ran the show, choosing the material, the arrangements, and the backing singers.
    — Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
  • The event, billed as rustic, now struggles to pretend that its backdrop isn’t posh.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The museum is billing the show as an act of transparency.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Some retirees are bracing to be billed tens of thousands of dollars.
    — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 15 May 2023
  • The puck drops at 7 p.m. in what’s being billed as the club’s Halloween celebration.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The show is billed as a way to get children interested in the works of the 19th-century Dutch master.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The airlines billed it as a way to enhance service between New York and London.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
  • Being billable, billing their job, not doing work for free.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The tour is billed as a retrospective of Madonna's four-decade career.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 28 June 2023
  • Apple has billed them as the world's first spatial computers.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Proponents of the change billed the Voice as a modest proposal ...
    — Tom Switzer, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In the ceiling above the library, which consumes two levels of one of the turrets, is a massive, working clock, billed as the Northwest’s largest.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • The festival bills itself as the biggest literary event in the country.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The special edition re-release is billed to include four minutes of bonus footage.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The beach resort and other sections of the Landmark site on the coastal right of way are billed to be pulled down, a government notice seen by CNN states.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Although the delis bill themselves as Jewish, most are not kosher and some even sell bacon and other pork products.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Trump had billed his administration as one that took risks and was tough on China.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The production is billed as the professional U.S. premiere of Moreno’s play, which has won major awards in Brazil.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The event bills itself as the largest gathering of women in tech worldwide, and has sought to unite women in the tech industry for nearly 30 years.
    — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • It is billed as a men’s collection, but the pieces can be worn by anyone irrespective of gender.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Both men will perform their own sets later this weekend, but Eilish is not billed on the Coachella 2024 lineup.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2024

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