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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
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
That loan needed to be repaid by last October but wasn’t, according to the lender.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Your love, support and relentless energy can never be repaid.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Indiana will issue a bond for the stadium’s construction, which will be repaid through a Hammond 12% admissions tax and a Professional Sports Development Area specialized tax district.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Now, all excess subsidies will have to be repaid in full, no matter a household’s income.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
The $590 million loan is expected to be repaid in quarterly installments over the next 12 years.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The couple’s generosity was exploited, their trust repaid with murder, one friend said, by a man whose evil hid in plain sight.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Bond elections allow Austin voters to authorize the city to borrow money for major capital projects — such as roads, parks, libraries, public safety facilities and affordable housing — with the debt repaid over time through property taxes.
—Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
MUDs are essentially governmental entities that developers can use to finance infrastructure through the issuance of bonds which are repaid by tax revenue and fees collected from homeowners.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
That loan needed to be repaid by last October but wasn’t, according to the lender.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
Your love, support and relentless energy can never be repaid.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
Indiana will issue a bond for the stadium’s construction, which will be repaid through a Hammond 12% admissions tax and a Professional Sports Development Area specialized tax district.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Now, all excess subsidies will have to be repaid in full, no matter a household’s income.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
The $590 million loan is expected to be repaid in quarterly installments over the next 12 years.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The couple’s generosity was exploited, their trust repaid with murder, one friend said, by a man whose evil hid in plain sight.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Bond elections allow Austin voters to authorize the city to borrow money for major capital projects — such as roads, parks, libraries, public safety facilities and affordable housing — with the debt repaid over time through property taxes.
—Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
Verb
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Homeowners in the county can get up to $500 in mitigation expenses reimbursed.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Supreme Court did not provide guidance for issuing refunds, creating confusion over how importers would be reimbursed.—
Reuters
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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If employers and supervisors allow remote workers flex hours and other perks exclusive to working from home, then that flexibility must be reciprocated when the need arises.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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But feeling appreciated for kind gestures and hoping that invitations will be reciprocated is not a new, unusual or irrational problem.—
Judith Martin,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
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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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To soak up the sins of the early morning dancefloor, kudos must be paid to the 24-hour room service.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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His religious order, the Redemptorist Fathers and Brothers, had paid for the burial of scores of the drug-war dead.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Li shook hands with Whitmarsh and exchanged platitudes with the other guests.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Giants and Rangers made sure father and son exchanged lineup cards to commemorate the occasion.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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To her, Dorr’s presentation satisfied questions of access, freeing the library board to consider capacity.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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The legislation laid out in detail a governance structure that satisfied lenders financing the transaction by giving the borrower, the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, control over decision making for three years after the deal closed.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
23 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,
10 Mar. 2026
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They’re being paid and compensated for the first time.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 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 14 Mar. 2026.
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