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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
Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The loan fund is repaid, replenished, and then reused for the next project.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
These usually are repaid in weeks or months.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Nerves are rising that big banks are tied up in loans that might not get repaid.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The Duggan administration has interpreted state law to mean they can’t be repaid.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
However, experts say that a debt management plan generally has a less negative impact on your credit score, as your debt is repaid in full.
—Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Other funds will come from MTA debt sales repaid with revenue from a congestion pricing toll that charges motorists to drive on Manhattan’s busiest streets.
—Gregory Korte, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Any unemployment benefits received will likely need to be repaid if workers receive backpay after the shutdown ends.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Select members were recruited as handlers for Daedone’s wealthy boyfriend, whose massive loans to the company were apparently repaid on an installment plan of blow jobs.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The loan fund is repaid, replenished, and then reused for the next project.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
These usually are repaid in weeks or months.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Nerves are rising that big banks are tied up in loans that might not get repaid.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The Duggan administration has interpreted state law to mean they can’t be repaid.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
However, experts say that a debt management plan generally has a less negative impact on your credit score, as your debt is repaid in full.
—Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Other funds will come from MTA debt sales repaid with revenue from a congestion pricing toll that charges motorists to drive on Manhattan’s busiest streets.
—Gregory Korte, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Any unemployment benefits received will likely need to be repaid if workers receive backpay after the shutdown ends.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
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While the Constitution demands that members of Congress never go without pay and federal law mandates that federal employees are eventually reimbursed with back pay, the same is not true for workers contracted by the federal government.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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The region’s Head Start sites incur costs on their own but are reimbursed on a monthly basis through federal grants.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Guests in attendance for this lavish soirée include George’s fellow intellectuals, a large number of dapper hedonists, the handsome horndog Judge Roland Brack (Nicholas Pinnock) — whose wolf-whistle come-ons are neither fully rebuffed nor reciprocated by Hedda — and Thea (Imogen Poots, wasted).—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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Giammetti’s admiration for Garavani was reciprocated by the designer.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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The election results could spur one party to reach a deal sooner rather than later, clearing the way for federal employees and benefits to be paid again.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the rent freeze, Mamdani has proposed to make city buses free and to provide universal childcare, paid for with higher taxes on the rich.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Members of the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis clashed with rallygoers, and the sides exchanged gunfire, killing five (four of whom were CWP members) and injuring 12 in what became known as the Greensboro Massacre.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The cohort of grand slam champions and finalists exchanged their tennis kits for designer threads and accessories for the photo session, lensed by Yemeni-Egyptian-American artist Yumna Al-Arashi at Bab AlSaad, a cultural retreat in the historic district of Diriyah.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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After those negotiations in Lisbon, Berrada headed back to Manchester satisfied an agreement had been verbally struck — a story The Athletic broke via sources in Portugal, with the United CEO learning mid-flight that the news was out.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
1 Nov. 2025
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None have adequately satisfied the Royals’ needs.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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In sports, however, where many athletes are extremely well compensated and there’s a team/owner/union dynamic, things are typically a little blurrier.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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But the problem is land in Colorado is not cheap, and Colorado law demands that when eminent domain is used, a person is not only compensated for fair market value but also gets damages for the taking.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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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 7 Nov. 2025.
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