How to Use be paid up in a Sentence
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Rent must be paid up to date, the issue must not have been caused by the tenant, and the tenant must give the landlord notice.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
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Endurance has a standard deductible of $100 that must be paid up front before any repairs.
—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
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The full fee has to be paid up front, and Real Sociedad don’t look like compromising.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Anyone who submits a valid claim to Amazon and is approved will also be paid up to $51.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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However, a policy can take weeks to be processed, and many funeral expenses need to be paid up front.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
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While many companies may ask for a deposit, BBB suggests that no more than one-third of the job be paid up front.
—Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2020
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The additional fees you’re required to pay will either be paid up front as part of the down payment or factored into the monthly loan payment.
—Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 24 Feb. 2023
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The contract has since been extended three times, and the firm can be paid up to $1 million for its services, department officials said.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2021
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Singh, the union chapter president, also said those employees could be paid up to $4 per hour less if they were moved to San Jose.
—Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2021
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People who participate in the full two-year study may be paid up to $3,490, according to the release.
—Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022
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You can be paid up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of this duo, according to a news release.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2026
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On its creator dashboard, X says users will be eligible to be paid up to 97% of the revenue X makes from the content.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
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People with knowledge of the situation insist his deal will not be paid up in full and the settlement will not have a negative financial impact on the club.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
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Davis will be paid up to $5,000 -- the limit the mayor can spend without the necessity of gaining council’s approval.
—cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
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The offer reflects a small concession from the church to the victims, who have asked for more money to be paid up front by the diocese, which had originally offered a five-year timeline.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026
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According to the Tarrant Appraisal District’s website, people who serve on the board can be paid up to $185 a day.
—Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2024
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The Florida law that allows an individual to be paid up to $200,000 is a waiver to that law.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
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Only players with at least 10 years of service can be paid up to 35% of the cap, except for players who meet certain awards criteria after their eighth or ninth season.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 4 June 2025
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Officials say participants will be paid up to $1,620 and transportation will be provided for older adults.
—Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 21 Aug. 2020
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Several hundred million dollars would be paid up front to GM to retool the Kokomo plant, the Times reported.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2021
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However, a person who's entitled to more than one type of Social Security benefit can only be paid up to the higher of those benefit rates.
—Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 4 July 2021
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In December, the attorney general’s office picked Lanier to lead the lawsuit against Google and inked a contract that allows him to be paid up to $945 an hour.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 16 July 2021
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Attorney Justin Smith will lead attorneys doing the work, who will be paid up to $450 per hour, according to a retainer agreement provided by the House.
—Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 2 Feb. 2026
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Players taken after the 10th round may be paid up to $150,000 without counting against the bonus pool, so the best prospects taken in Rounds 11 through 20 rarely end up signing.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 15 July 2026
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Black Parents United will receive $125,000 for its work, and the state health department will hire a third-party researcher, who will be paid up to $900,000 to conduct the analysis and write the report, said Meghan Guevara, director of the Office of Environmental Justice.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2026
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