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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
Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2025
Reimbursements for moving costs are paused for many during the shutdown, while not all expenses are being repaid.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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
Verb
And despite your pessimism, over 97% of the metro district bonds issued from 2000-2008 (an appropriate time frame to evaluate performance) have been repaid in full despite the Global Financial Crisis that rocked credit and housing markets worldwide shortly thereafter.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2025
Reimbursements for moving costs are paused for many during the shutdown, while not all expenses are being repaid.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
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Many of the organizations NPR spoke with were in a similar situation, saying the DOJ has not reimbursed them for money already spent.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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Napoli says that under specific laws — and depending on your deadline and destination — you may be reimbursed for food purchased at the airport.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Nov. 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
Verb
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Extending mortgages to 50 years would increase total interest paid and slow the buildup of home equity, potentially trapping borrowers in debt for a lifetime.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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David Letterman, who in 2002 hosted Warren Zevon‘s final television appearance before his death, paid tribute to his friend Saturday night with a lengthy induction speech at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that lasted several times as long as the musical salute by the Killers that followed.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The pain of the US government shutdown deepened Sunday as flight cancellations piled up and politicians exchanged blame over the funding stalemate.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The color of the aurora depends on which gas is being excited by the electrons and on how much energy is being exchanged, NASA said.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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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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But Yasin Ayari shone and more than compensated, tenacious in the duels and tidy with his passing.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Of course, plenty of people are compensated for posts in Washington’s influence ecosystem.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 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 14 Nov. 2025.
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