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
Any ongoing communication from Epstein to Cohen after the separation with Nikolic was unsolicited and not reciprocated.
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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
Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated; keep it clean.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
His defense maintained throughout the trial that any gifts were reciprocated, and that he was not involved in the decision of where to grant the contracts.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Fuentes has reciprocated praise for Fishback.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Shane immediately reciprocated it with lightning-fast urgency, obliterating one of the last barriers between them.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
The second half of the week asks you to evaluate where your time, energy, and talents are going, and whether they’re being reciprocated in meaningful ways.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Dec. 2025
And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
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
Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated; keep it clean.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
His defense maintained throughout the trial that any gifts were reciprocated, and that he was not involved in the decision of where to grant the contracts.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Fuentes has reciprocated praise for Fishback.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Shane immediately reciprocated it with lightning-fast urgency, obliterating one of the last barriers between them.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
The second half of the week asks you to evaluate where your time, energy, and talents are going, and whether they’re being reciprocated in meaningful ways.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Dec. 2025
And Mike's wooing was not initially reciprocated – Claire was married, divorcing her first husband, Rachel and Dayna's father, when Dayna was a baby.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciprocated
repaid
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Iannaccone agreed to forgo payment of all $70,000 indefinitely, so FirstBank could be repaid.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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In this land of four seasons, where winter snowstorms can be deadly; spring snow melt can flood entire towns, summer brings tornadoes, and fall might see forest fires, people know the value of human life and kindness repaid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Reciprocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciprocated. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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