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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
Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For clarity purposes, the figures below assume that the full line of credit is borrowed immediately and then repaid (and that the interest rate remains constant).
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The state requests the $10,000 back if the nurse leaves before two years are up, and Skipper said the agency has been repaid in each case.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
What has already been repaid, reimbursed, or recovered?
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The bonds are to be repaid over 40 years by the city’s 2% hotel tax.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Instead, the loans will be repaid solely from revenue generated by new commercial, business and residential customers within the LEAP district, IFA officials wrote in an email to IndyStar.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 12 Jan. 2026
The grants do not have to be repaid.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Every other state repaid the loans.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
Loans typically must be repaid within five years, although your employer may allow a longer repayment term when the proceeds are used to purchase a home that's your primary residence.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For clarity purposes, the figures below assume that the full line of credit is borrowed immediately and then repaid (and that the interest rate remains constant).
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The state requests the $10,000 back if the nurse leaves before two years are up, and Skipper said the agency has been repaid in each case.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
What has already been repaid, reimbursed, or recovered?
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The bonds are to be repaid over 40 years by the city’s 2% hotel tax.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Instead, the loans will be repaid solely from revenue generated by new commercial, business and residential customers within the LEAP district, IFA officials wrote in an email to IndyStar.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 12 Jan. 2026
The grants do not have to be repaid.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Every other state repaid the loans.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
Verb
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Many people are still waiting to get reimbursed.—
Ashley Portillo,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The costs will be reimbursed through Tax Increment Finance Zone funds, according to the district.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated, keep it clean.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
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Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated; keep it clean.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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At the world premiere of Margot Robbie's buzzy new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the Australian actress paid tribute to Elizabeth Taylor's legendary Hollywood romance with Richard Burton by donning Taylor's iconic Cartier Taj Mahal necklace on the red carpet.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
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The board paid 50 building engineers and 123 cafeteria workers who volunteered to clean schools this month as a stopgap after the two contract rejections.—
Bri Hatch,
Chalkbeat,
30 Jan. 2026
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The twosome exchanged airblown kisses at the end in a nod to their friendship and mutual diva respect.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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The scuffles came amid an already intense night, with tensions fueled by a brutal press conference on Thursday for the title fight between Lopez and Stevenson, during which the boxers exchanged insults about each other’s family members.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Our top overall pick is the Davines Love Smoothing Shampoo Bar, which satisfied both straight- and curly-haired testers.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
27 Jan. 2026
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But that wouldn’t have satisfied anyone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Her bill includes a handful of exceptions so that prisoners may be compensated for other activities, according to a copy obtained by the Statesman.—
Kevin Fixler
January 27,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Jan. 2026
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The judge concluded program participants could not be Salvation Army employees because there was no express or implied agreement they would be compensated.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 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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