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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
Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The loan carries simple interest of 4% and will be repaid from the project’s annual net cash flow over a 55-year term.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The agreement allows the loan to be repaid over 10 years, but the payments will be forgiven by the village if the restaurant remains in operation for 10 years.
—Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
That means some 20,000 Jordan’s Furniture customers could be fully repaid for $50 million worth of sales if the two teams win their Final Four games on Friday and Saturday.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
The crypto stays in custody in Better’s Coinbase Prime account for the life of the loan and is returned once the loan is repaid.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
At that point, credit card companies may decide that receiving a partial payment is better than continuing to pursue an account that may never be repaid at all.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Those bonds will be repaid with property taxes and with any revenue generated from selling power from the dams' hydroelectric plants, which can resume operating once the lakes are full.
—Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2026
The Commissioners Court voted unanimously Friday to advertise its intent to issue $350 million in bonds, which would amount to $688 million with interest repaid through property taxes over the next several decades.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
The current default per the law would be for the state, and therefore taxpayers, to swallow the costs if the loan is not repaid.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The loan carries simple interest of 4% and will be repaid from the project’s annual net cash flow over a 55-year term.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
The agreement allows the loan to be repaid over 10 years, but the payments will be forgiven by the village if the restaurant remains in operation for 10 years.
—Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
That means some 20,000 Jordan’s Furniture customers could be fully repaid for $50 million worth of sales if the two teams win their Final Four games on Friday and Saturday.
—Dave Collins, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
The crypto stays in custody in Better’s Coinbase Prime account for the life of the loan and is returned once the loan is repaid.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
At that point, credit card companies may decide that receiving a partial payment is better than continuing to pursue an account that may never be repaid at all.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Those bonds will be repaid with property taxes and with any revenue generated from selling power from the dams' hydroelectric plants, which can resume operating once the lakes are full.
—Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2026
The Commissioners Court voted unanimously Friday to advertise its intent to issue $350 million in bonds, which would amount to $688 million with interest repaid through property taxes over the next several decades.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
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Some businesses don’t allow truck parking during the day but moonlight as a parking area after hours to make money off the truckers, 78% of whom aren’t reimbursed for their parking costs.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Communities plan and pay for those projects up front and then are reimbursed by FEMA.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Teamsters head reciprocated, featuring Mullin on his Better Bad Ideas podcast.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Since childhood, letter writer was told to show up for older siblings who never reciprocated.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
16 Mar. 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
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There, Blanton says, corporate lobbyists paid between $25,000 and $100,000 for lawmakers' attention, and a pro-business group called One Main Street paid $25,000 for their hotel rooms.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Under all that pressure, where fans have paid premiums on tickets and hotels, and with a White House administration that has made this World Cup a priority issue, is the union braced for the heat which may come its way?—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Prisoners exchanged Russia's Defense Ministry said that a prisoner swap Saturday brought home 175 of its soldiers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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After Crown Prince Hussein exchanged vows with Rajwa Alseif, the couple participated in a motorcade of red Land Rover jeeps.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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The president satisfied his own ego, displaying no patience, as other bloodthirsty warlords throughout history.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Miami also declined to offer Jovic, though there’s no indication that his inclusion would have satisfied Phoenix.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Intermediaries directly connected to, and in at least one case compensated by, Musk have circulated dozens of pages of detailed opposition research about Altman.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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McClatchy is compensated as a part of our syndication partnership with TMX.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 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 13 Apr. 2026.
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