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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay (for)
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In July, Wired reported that the apps are worth about $36 million thanks to paid users and free users, who pony up their personal data that is later sold to the highest bidder.—
Stacey Leasca,
Glamour,
8 Dec. 2025 -
Some of them have placed measures on the ballot asking voters to pony up property-tax money for specific needs.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025
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The bulk of Venezuelan oil exports flow to China, and Chinese companies finance extensive infrastructure projects and investments across the country, with Beijing lending billions to Caracas in recent decades.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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The probe comes amid multiple lawsuits alleging Alan Stalcup, through his GVA Property Management and other companies, uses his portfolio of apartment buildings as a personal piggy bank to finance a high-flying lifestyle.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
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The first-stage booster made a successful 21st liftoff, but was expended to get the satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Certainly, no money should be expended on an outside law firm to intimidate board members into the kind of secrecy that no board of education should be promoting.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Pay (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20%28for%29. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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