as in repaid
to make a return for
reciprocated the favor by driving their neighbor to the airport
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Recent Examples of reciprocated
But feeling appreciated for kind gestures and hoping that invitations will be reciprocated is not a new, unusual or irrational problem.
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Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Modi became India’s first prime minister to travel to Israel in 2017, and Netanyahu reciprocated with a trip to India the following year.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Some posters have given it one star, but Galimova—along with several other optimists—gave it five, as if this gesture of good will might somehow be reciprocated with information.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
This is also reciprocated by a few other friends.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Salloi made sure that energy was reciprocated.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Any ongoing communication from Epstein to Cohen after the separation with Nikolic was unsolicited and not reciprocated.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated, keep it clean.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Fuentes has reciprocated praise for Fishback.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Modi became India’s first prime minister to travel to Israel in 2017, and Netanyahu reciprocated with a trip to India the following year.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
Some posters have given it one star, but Galimova—along with several other optimists—gave it five, as if this gesture of good will might somehow be reciprocated with information.
—Sophie Spiegelberger, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
This is also reciprocated by a few other friends.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
Salloi made sure that energy was reciprocated.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Any ongoing communication from Epstein to Cohen after the separation with Nikolic was unsolicited and not reciprocated.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated, keep it clean.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Fuentes has reciprocated praise for Fishback.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocated
repaid
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It is repaid in royalties on gold production or through rights to purchase a mine’s future metal production at a steep discount.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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The $590 million loan is expected to be repaid in quarterly installments over the next 12 years.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Reciprocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocated. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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