nonrecurring
adjective
non·re·cur·ring ˌnän-ri-ˈkər-iŋ 
-ˈkə-riŋ
: nonrecurrent
specifically : unlikely to happen again
—used of financial transactions that affect a profit and loss statement abnormally
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The assessment also found the district used temporary or nonrecurring funds, such as COVID relief money, to expand programs and staffing. —
Kathryn Muchnick, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Feb. 2026 The organization will use the money to make veteran homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. —Reg Chapman, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026 This figure excluded nonrecurring expenses of around 1 million euros due to restructuring costs. —Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025 Yet its stock sells for a measly eight times earnings (excluding nonrecurring earnings). —John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 The plan aims to make homelessness a rare, brief and nonrecurring phenomenon. —Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025 But any recurring revenue collected above the new growth limit would be off-limits for ongoing expenses and could only be used for nonrecurring purposes like infrastructure projects or paying down debt. —Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2025 The drop was mainly because of a $115 million nonrecurring charge for legal costs tied to a lawsuit Tetra Tech settled with the federal government that accused the company of a fraudulent cleanup at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, according to a regulatory filing. —Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025 What were the largest operational referendums ever approved in Wisconsin? Wisconsin's largest operational referendum, which was a nonrecurring referendum, was an over $1 billion referendum narrowly approved by Racine Unified School District voters in April 2020. —Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
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Kathryn Muchnick, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Feb. 2026 The organization will use the money to make veteran homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring. —Reg Chapman, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026 This figure excluded nonrecurring expenses of around 1 million euros due to restructuring costs. —Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025 Yet its stock sells for a measly eight times earnings (excluding nonrecurring earnings). —John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 The plan aims to make homelessness a rare, brief and nonrecurring phenomenon. —Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025 But any recurring revenue collected above the new growth limit would be off-limits for ongoing expenses and could only be used for nonrecurring purposes like infrastructure projects or paying down debt. —Nolan McKendry | The Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2025 The drop was mainly because of a $115 million nonrecurring charge for legal costs tied to a lawsuit Tetra Tech settled with the federal government that accused the company of a fraudulent cleanup at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, according to a regulatory filing. —Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025 What were the largest operational referendums ever approved in Wisconsin? Wisconsin's largest operational referendum, which was a nonrecurring referendum, was an over $1 billion referendum narrowly approved by Racine Unified School District voters in April 2020. —Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Nonrecurring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/nonrecurring. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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