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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
Matt Richardson, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Authorities rightly repaid the favor by charging Allen with attempting to assassinate the President of the United States, and transporting and discharging a firearm.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 May 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
Verb
Instead, the funds from a reverse mortgage will only need to be repaid when the home is sold or when the homeowner dies.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Authorities rightly repaid the favor by charging Allen with attempting to assassinate the President of the United States, and transporting and discharging a firearm.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
Verb
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If the medical expense has been reimbursed, the exception cannot be used.—
Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Many want to be reimbursed and others planned to wait to subscribe next year.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 May 2026
Verb
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California Democrats reciprocated, and redistricting efforts soon cascaded across states.—
Eric Tucker,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The sheer wonder on all the angel faces was reciprocated in its own way on Witt.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 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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After the closure was announced, every single late-night-show host paid their respects to an accidental muse of Americana.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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The state paid $13 million in cash for Waterbury and assumed $22 million in liabilities.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
Verb
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In the meantime, tensions remain high off the Iranian coast after the two sides exchanged fire May 7.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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On Friday, Todd Hickman helped with timing behind the blocks and exchanged a thumbs up with his son after his victory.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
Verb
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State court records show Blueprint satisfied the judgment by last April.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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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
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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