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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
Esme Murphy, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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
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
More than $1 million will be repaid to construction workers in one of the largest settlements of its kind in Minnesota history.
—Esme Murphy, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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
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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Passengers will not be reimbursed for costs incurred as a result of the flight cancellations, such as emergency hotels, unless otherwise covered by their travel insurance plans.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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Many Californians are losing their Medi-Cal because of it, which means the county no longer will be reimbursed for their care.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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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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The project will be paid for primarily through neighborhood improvement capital funds, with smaller amounts coming from the city’s motor fuel tax fund and its sewer fund, the staff report shows.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The films’ posters for both the 2006 and the second film feature a giant red shoe, and the stars paid homage to that by slipping into a variety of designer heels during the press tour.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Villagers also exchanged Chinese money.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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The proposals also come after leaders of the two countries had exchanged some of their harshest threats, Khan said, fueling fears that military hostilities could resume at any moment.—
Toqa Ezzidin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
Verb
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What has followed, a decade plus of stunning hockey played by the most talented hockey player on earth, has satisfied all desires but the most important one.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Long after a clinical decision has set events in motion, a second system activates to verify whether the decision satisfied the rules.—
Holland Haynie,
STAT,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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McClatchy is compensated as a part of our syndication partnership with TMX.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some content creators are compensated, and this also creates problematic incentives in the system.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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 4 May. 2026.
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