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as in reimbursed
to make a return payment to
I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me
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as in reciprocated
to make a return for
how can we ever repay your kindness?
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Recent Examples of repaid
Julie Carr Smyth The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
Huston said Indiana would issue a bond for the construction of the stadium, to be repaid through the city of Hammond’s admissions tax and a professional sports development area (PSDA) specialized tax district.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
The loan was repaid in 2012, but the district has continued to make budget cuts to remain financially stable and retain local control.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
Deposits often disappeared, loans often not repaid.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Hamlin has repaid Gibbs with results.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2026
The lender gives money up front and then takes a weekly or daily cut of receipts directly from the borrower's bank account until the debt is repaid and then some.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
Iannaccone agreed to forgo payment of all $70,000 indefinitely, so FirstBank could be repaid.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
An investigative memo from the latest document release says Wexner's attorneys told investigators in 2008 that Epstein had repaid him $100 million.
—Julie Carr Smyth The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
Huston said Indiana would issue a bond for the construction of the stadium, to be repaid through the city of Hammond’s admissions tax and a professional sports development area (PSDA) specialized tax district.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
The loan was repaid in 2012, but the district has continued to make budget cuts to remain financially stable and retain local control.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
Deposits often disappeared, loans often not repaid.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Hamlin has repaid Gibbs with results.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2026
The lender gives money up front and then takes a weekly or daily cut of receipts directly from the borrower's bank account until the debt is repaid and then some.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
Iannaccone agreed to forgo payment of all $70,000 indefinitely, so FirstBank could be repaid.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
Verb
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The Supreme Court did not indicate in its ruling whether businesses that paid billions of dollars in IEEPA tariffs must be reimbursed, effectively punting the question to lower courts.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Leander will be reimbursed for infrastructure costs up to $15 million through a tax increment reinvestment zone.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Feb. 2026
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Any ongoing communication from Epstein to Cohen after the separation with Nikolic was unsolicited and not reciprocated.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated, keep it clean.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Although he did not get paid time and a half for playing 27 holes instead of the normal 18, a healthy check will come his way Sunday afternoon if Penge can hold his position.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The ad is the first produced and paid for by Stratton’s own campaign, though her candidacy has been bolstered by millions of dollars in ads from an allied political action committee largely funded by Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Loons and Austin exchanged goals off corner kicks in the opening 45 minutes.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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The files also contain flirtatious emails exchanged between Wasserman and Maxwell in 2003.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Gartside seemed aware of a certain potential for racial condescension in his worship of Franklin and unsure of how to resolve it, struggling to offer an explanation that satisfied him of her role in the cosmology of Cupid and Psyche 85.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
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This comes after an unsuccessful attempt by Anderson's attorney to have the judge end her probation early, who argued in November 2025 that the ex-teacher had already satisfied the terms of her probation, WKMG reported.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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Solar customers who had their systems installed under earlier iterations of the tariff still get compensated at the retail rate for 20 years from the time their systems became operational before the new rules affect them.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Bryant was eventually compensated as part of both the Epstein Victims' Compensation Program in 2020 and a separate settlement with JP Morgan Chase in 2023.—
Leigh Kiniry,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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But after years of wooing Silicon Valley, the Defense Department’s interest became requited, with companies like Amazon seeing opportunities to replace the government’s hodge-podge data centers with cloud computing, for which the Pentagon was offering a $10 billion contract prize in 2019.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Repaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repaid. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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