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prepaid

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verb

past tense of prepay

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of prepaid
Adjective
Sip and Savor passes will be back again this year that allow visitors to purchase a prepaid card with six digital tabs good for individual items at food and beverage stands throughout the event. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025 What makes no-contract internet different from contract or prepaid options? Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 BlackRock is also overweight on prepaid gas munis, which municipalities use to pay for long-term supply of natural gas or energy. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025 San Francisco is distributing prepaid grocery cards, while organizations such as Feeding America and Hunger Free America are expanding access to food banks. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 Guests without prepaid parking can pay with credit cards only. Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025 The differences between prepaid and postpaid cellphones have become blurred, but the basic one remains. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prepaid
Verb
  • His persistence paid off on Saturday.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The entire loan would be paid off by the end of year 16.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Many of the organizations NPR spoke with were in a similar situation, saying the DOJ has not reimbursed them for money already spent.
    NPR, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Napoli says that under specific laws — and depending on your deadline and destination — you may be reimbursed for food purchased at the airport.
    Essence, Essence, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Some passengers will have to be refunded and removed from the system because capacity simply cannot absorb everyone.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The worker responded to the woman, saying her order was automatically canceled after a certain time but would be refunded, as another manager apparently explained to the customer earlier.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • And despite your pessimism, over 97% of the metro district bonds issued from 2000-2008 (an appropriate time frame to evaluate performance) have been repaid in full despite the Global Financial Crisis that rocked credit and housing markets worldwide shortly thereafter.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Reimbursements for moving costs are paused for many during the shutdown, while not all expenses are being repaid.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Prepaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepaid. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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