How to Use pay dividends in a Sentence

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  • That signing has yet to pay dividends of any kind.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That could pay dividends if these AI tools stand the test of time.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2025
  • First is that the miners can make money and pay dividends even if the price of gold doesn’t budge.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Now, the moves must pay dividends in 2026.
    Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But patience can pay dividends, too.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Unlike stocks that pay dividends or bonds that pay interest, gold sits and waits for the price to shift.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And when companies pay dividends, their share price declines by that amount.
    Kelly Evans, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Jaguars are hoping a week without drama will pay dividends on the field.
    Dennis Waszak, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The hope was also long-term, that this kind of personal outreach would one day pay dividends.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
  • So why do companies pay dividends instead of just keeping all the cash?
    Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
  • These funds allow investors to buy shares that pay dividends, in much the same way a dividend stock does.
    Mia Taylor, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Counsell thinks giving Tucker some time off to work on his swing will pay dividends.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • There will be more such deals for the Canucks to complete before this process begins to pay dividends.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Starting next to Trent Williams for a third straight season will pay dividends.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • Fewer sick days mean more learning days, and these preventive steps pay dividends all year.
    Brian Castrucci, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But with this year’s team, perhaps more than any before it, the Dodgers believe the bonds will pay dividends.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • No one, though, thought a player of Diawara’s status would pay dividends in the short-term plans, too.
    James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Make those real connections, and this will pay dividends in terms of a stronger network in the future.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The rewards of that brief observation may pay dividends far beyond your back fence.
    Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The company’s management plans to use half of its free cash flow to pay dividends, with the rest going to pay down debt.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 16 July 2024
  • And there are the nascent initiatives launched in 2024 that will pay dividends in the months and years to come.
    Justin Worland, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The rookie trio’s growth has already begun to pay dividends for other players.
    Miami Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Thus, consider the Manston as an investment that'll pay dividends for years to come.
    Maverick Li, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The payout ratio is the percentage of earnings used to pay dividends.
    Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Experts say attention paid to children during their first few years of life can pay dividends over a lifetime.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Properly implemented, programs to keep young men in school and in jobs will pay dividends for years to come.
    Daniel Brennan, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
  • For example, Apple didn’t pay dividends for decades, but long-term investors who held on earned huge gains.
    Sam Dogen, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
  • That should pay dividends as the team looks to address some of the shortcomings that plagued them in 2024.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
  • This is our chance to bring in jobs, investment and opportunities that will pay dividends for decades.
    Mike Clemmons, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • As tuneups go, Maryland men’s basketball hopes the first three games of the season will pay dividends down the road.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024

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