pay dividends
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: to directly benefit someone for something he or she has done
Our efforts are finally paying dividends.
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That approach may pay dividends, at least based on attitudes about potential rulings before they were made: The average net support for the court's rulings at the end of its term is -3 points.
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Cooper Burton, ABC News, 8 July 2024
With the problem still lingering, though, Roberts raised a few new suggestions Wednesday, hinting that a more aggressive approach could pay dividends.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
Already, millions of dollars have been dumped into ads tearing into the candidates' respective records -- but being seen as a superior attacker on stage could pay dividends for either contender.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 26 June 2024
By creating a universe for the John Wick story — a secret cabal of hit men united by a string of special hotels and an international group known as the High Table — Stahelski has made his idea pay dividends over the course of a four-film franchise.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 6 June 2024
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Cooper Burton, ABC News, 8 July 2024
With the problem still lingering, though, Roberts raised a few new suggestions Wednesday, hinting that a more aggressive approach could pay dividends.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
Already, millions of dollars have been dumped into ads tearing into the candidates' respective records -- but being seen as a superior attacker on stage could pay dividends for either contender.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 26 June 2024
By creating a universe for the John Wick story — a secret cabal of hit men united by a string of special hotels and an international group known as the High Table — Stahelski has made his idea pay dividends over the course of a four-film franchise.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 6 June 2024
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“Pay dividends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20dividends. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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