OWE Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

owe

verb

Definition of owe

as in to ignore

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Recent Examples of owe What Tax Defense Network does Tax Defense Network operates as a third-party representative for taxpayers who owe back taxes. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Depending on their personal income, winners may owe additional taxes. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 While low-error states are guaranteed to owe nothing when the annual cost-sharing requirement begins in October 2027, others will have another year to try to reduce their errors and decrease the hit to their budgets. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 25 June 2026 The Rays still owe him about $160 million on a long-term deal signed in 2021. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for owe

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ignore

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Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Kennedy plans to ignore such noise in the lead-up to the draft.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

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