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kickbacks

noun

plural of kickback
1
as in reactions

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2
as in rebates

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3
as in bribes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kickbacks
  1. reactions
  2. rebates
  3. bribes
  4. backlashes
  5. discounts
  6. payoffs
  7. responses
  8. reductions
Noun
  • Energy from the sun helps reactions between those blocks along, coaxing them to form polymers, or longer chains of molecules.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard, starring Rooney and Kate Mara as preternaturally close twins, drew reactions that ranged from delighted appreciation to pure bewilderment.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of reactions
Noun
  • Luis Esteves, director of the Irvine Great Park, outlined the new rebates OCPA offered this year, including a $1,000 rebate for home battery storage, up to $1,000 for home EV chargers and free home energy efficiency kits.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • According to Shapiro's office, 522,434 rebates totaling more than $319 million were sent to Pennsylvanians who submitted a rebate application in 2024.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Definition of rebates
Noun
  • Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has become central to a local corruption scandal, due to the conduct of civil servants who allegedly accepted bribes to grant exorbitant construction contracts for public work.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In another scheme, former Commerce City Manager Edgar Pascual Cisneros provided $45,000 in bribes to Pacheco to secure a permit for another marijuana company and was promised $235,000 as part of the deal, prosecutors said.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of bribes
Noun
  • Mulvaney was already at the center of national debate after a Bud Light promotion helped trigger one of the most damaging corporate backlashes in recent memory.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • And sometimes backlashes are built out of nothing.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Definition of backlashes
Noun
  • In the year that followed, Menin’s group worked to put on public art shows and concerts in downtown neighborhoods, and offer discounts downtown businesses.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The Customer Appreciation Sale will offer 30% off dozens of Nintendo Switch digital games and bundles, and discounts on select physical games, downloadable content, accessories and apparel.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of discounts
Noun
  • Travelers who put in the time, effort, and money to acquire dual citizenship will see major payoffs.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Revel in withholding some information from the audience to make for even bigger payoffs.
    — William Earl, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of payoffs
Noun
  • Prospective clients should ask whether a reputation firm monitors these responses and how AI search fits into its broader approach.
    — Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • As part of the course, students can use AI models for help on assignments but have to upload transcripts of their prompts and the AI’s responses.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of responses
Noun
  • The soy-tomato condition showed significant reductions in key markers of inflammation.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2026
  • And on the opposite side of the same coin, the solutions to inflation – spending reductions and higher taxes – are massively unpopular and could hurt the economy in the short run.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of reductions
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