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Less than a year in, Arthur Blank's big donation to Atlanta's historically Black colleges and universities is already paying off.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
14 May 2026 -
In any relationship, couples make a lot of decisions about finances, from whether to create joint accounts or keep them separate to how to approach paying off debt.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
Verb
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The former Chick-fil-A employee in Grapevine, Texas, has been arrested for allegedly ringing up hundreds of orders of Mac & Cheese and refunding the money to his own accounts, according to a news release shared with PEOPLE by the Grapevine Police Department.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jones was seen in the video using the register to ring up 800 orders of mac and cheese trays, then refunding them to his personal credit cards.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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Insurance companies can invest the float, sometimes for years, before reimbursing insurance losses.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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To fix this, the new recommendations include paying states a lump-sum immediately after a disaster strikes, instead of reimbursing them later for disaster costs.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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Depending on the product, shoppers were paying up to 23% more than other shoppers for identical items.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Packing too many could mean paying extra luggage fees, but packing too few could mean paying up to 30 percent extra for a book at the airport.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Administration has started repaying more than a hundred and fifty billion dollars to companies.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Diomande is happy to continue repaying the faith RB Leipzig showed in him.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Instead of remitting those taxes to the IRS, prosecutors alleged Kapoor diverted over $2 million from company accounts for his personal benefit.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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Because ulcerative colitis is a relapsing–remitting disease, many people go through quiet periods and then experience flares when inflammation ramps up again.—
Mark Marino,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Prepaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepaying. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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