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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
Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Unlike student loans, scholarships typically don’t need to be repaid and there are thousands available.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
The measure also requires the bonds to be repaid by homeowners' mortgage payments and not the state.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Other states, such as New York, provide loans that typically must be repaid with interest.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Though considered a gamble by the Obama Administration, Tesla famously repaid the debt in May 2013 – nine years early – with $12 million in interest.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
By that time, software companies will have repaid any debt that is currently on their balance sheets.
—Miles Weiss, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The lender is threatening to foreclose on the financing if the loans aren’t repaid in full.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
The bonds are instead repaid solely from the revenue and financial strength of the company involved in the project.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
Those credits are later repaid in installments.
—Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Unlike student loans, scholarships typically don’t need to be repaid and there are thousands available.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
The measure also requires the bonds to be repaid by homeowners' mortgage payments and not the state.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Other states, such as New York, provide loans that typically must be repaid with interest.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Though considered a gamble by the Obama Administration, Tesla famously repaid the debt in May 2013 – nine years early – with $12 million in interest.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
By that time, software companies will have repaid any debt that is currently on their balance sheets.
—Miles Weiss, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
The lender is threatening to foreclose on the financing if the loans aren’t repaid in full.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
The bonds are instead repaid solely from the revenue and financial strength of the company involved in the project.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
Verb
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Residents who stayed at hotels during the evacuation will be reimbursed for the costs, according to the councilman, who said that his office was coordinating compensation with CPS Energy.—
Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Apr. 2026
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It’s reimbursed by Medicare, yet most people have never heard of it.—
Ken Dychtwald,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Not that these feelings are always reciprocated.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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The couple reciprocated the warm welcome, waving and smiling to everyone in sight.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.—
Alex Heard,
Outside,
4 Mar. 2026
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Because the cameras were vertical, actors huddled closer together, and the crew paid extra attention to upper-body details like hair and makeup.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The artists were paid for their work.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The overnight attacks followed a prisoner swap Friday, in which Russia and Ukraine exchanged 193 service members.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Vouchers can be exchanged for a ticket comparable in price and location to select regular season home games, including Sunday’s doubleheader.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But those moves have not satisfied those in Israel intent on full occupation of southern Lebanon.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The president satisfied his own ego, displaying no patience, as other bloodthirsty warlords throughout history.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Feaster is being compensated too well to not get a shot.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The miners were represented by the United Mine Workers of America, which submitted a list of demands when the strike began, including implementing the eight-hour workday, being compensated for the time miners spent in the shafts, and the right to select their own housing and doctors.—
Robert Forrant,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 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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