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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay (for)
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Getting people to pony up requires other pieces to fall into place, said Amol Mehra, director of industry programs at Laudes Foundation.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Sep. 2025 -
One conundrum that lingers in the marketplace is that some indie theatrical distributors are without a pay-one deal/streaming partner, and the subset that’s willing to pony up — sellers cite Hulu, HBO Max and Starz — is quite small and capped in cash.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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The film is financed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD), Proximus, VRT, and the Belgian tax shelter (in cooperation with BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Casa Kafka Pictures).—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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The organization Fifty for the Future is donating $25,000 to a fundraising campaign meant to finance improvements to Little Rock Fire Department stations and the purchase of basic items for firefighters' living spaces, officials announced Monday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
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Song Zhongping, a former PLA instructor and military commentator, told Chinese media the aircraft could act as the vanguard of an assault on Taiwan, forcing the island to expend expensive interceptors such as the Patriot and Taiwan’s indigenous Tien Chien-2 missiles.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Funding for the trail extension, per the terms and conditions of the LCCMR grant appropriation, must be expended by June 30, 2027, Skaar said.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Pay (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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