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
Filming in South Korea Kim feels a deep connection with Korea through his family’s heritage — and the affinity has been reciprocated.
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Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Hilty has suggested several times that her psychiatrist reciprocated her feelings, with her chatbots offering her words that appear to validate that assertion.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Samyra never disrespected Cardi but that wasn't reciprocated.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
The tennis champ, meanwhile, reciprocated his appreciation for Rodman by reposting her uploads to his own Instagram Stories.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
That sense of commitment is pivotal to a Capricorn, Kelly adds, but it must be reciprocated.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
This creates a sense of camaraderie and community across the panel and will likely be reciprocated by your co-panelists.
—Jay Sullivan, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The biggest thing is that everything is reciprocated.
—Sarah Carrillo, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Hilty has suggested several times that her psychiatrist reciprocated her feelings, with her chatbots offering her words that appear to validate that assertion.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Samyra never disrespected Cardi but that wasn't reciprocated.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
The tennis champ, meanwhile, reciprocated his appreciation for Rodman by reposting her uploads to his own Instagram Stories.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
That sense of commitment is pivotal to a Capricorn, Kelly adds, but it must be reciprocated.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
This creates a sense of camaraderie and community across the panel and will likely be reciprocated by your co-panelists.
—Jay Sullivan, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The biggest thing is that everything is reciprocated.
—Sarah Carrillo, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocated
repaid
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So if bankruptcy hits one of these borrowers, MSDL is first to be repaid.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Her 13 senior appearances last term, including first starts in the Champions League and WSL, repaid their faith.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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