as in to ignore
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According to the district’s Notice of Election, the fund’s purposes are vague, the debt obligations are for 40 years, and taxpayers will owe far more.
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
For example, an individual filer who earns $100,000 in 2026 will owe approximately $13,170 in federal income tax — which is $279 less than that taxpayer would have owed the year before, according to NBC News calculations.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Drivers owe the city of Milwaukee nearly $41 million in overdue parking tickets issued between 2018 and 2024.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Someone may owe you money, or vice versa.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
For example, an individual filer who earns $100,000 in 2026 will owe approximately $13,170 in federal income tax — which is $279 less than that taxpayer would have owed the year before, according to NBC News calculations.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Drivers owe the city of Milwaukee nearly $41 million in overdue parking tickets issued between 2018 and 2024.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Someone may owe you money, or vice versa.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for owe
ignore
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The same is true of Guiteau’s eventual imprisonment and trial, which aren’t ignored but barely touch on the wackiness that actually ensued.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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There were extremely rich philosophical traditions in the non-Western world that your great books classes completely ignore.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Owe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owe. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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