as in to ignore
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Recent Examples of owe
Drivers owe the city of Milwaukee nearly $41 million in overdue parking tickets issued between 2018 and 2024.
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Spurs don’t owe that money back; ENIC would only be able to recoup it via dividends, which Spurs don’t pay, or via an eventual sale of the club.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Someone may owe you money, or vice versa.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
An open listing is more common in commercial transactions, and means that the seller will only owe a commission if the broker produces a buyer.
—Christopher A. Combs, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Spurs don’t owe that money back; ENIC would only be able to recoup it via dividends, which Spurs don’t pay, or via an eventual sale of the club.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Someone may owe you money, or vice versa.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
An open listing is more common in commercial transactions, and means that the seller will only owe a commission if the broker produces a buyer.
—Christopher A. Combs, USA Today, 9 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 10 Nov. 2025.
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