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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
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
When those loans expired, with no money repaid, the facade finally gave way.
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Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
If the measure passes the Legislature, and is approved by voters, the state will raise funds by selling bonds to investors who will be repaid with interest.
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Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
The funds, which are repaid when the homeowner dies or permanently moves out of the home, can also be used for virtually any purpose, including medical expenses, home improvements, debt repayment or supplementing retirement income.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
That financial support can come as a grant, which does not have to be repaid, or as a deferred forgivable loan that is fully forgiven if the buyer stays in the home and makes timely mortgage payments for the first three years.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
After the debt is repaid, Michigan and Ontario will split the toll revenue.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
They will get repaid with interest from the tolls.
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Rob Gillies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
The city is demanding the city’s legal and investigation costs be repaid by July 1, the severance costs by August 1 and the tuition reimbursement by September 1.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Verb
Matheus Cunha — Brazil/Manchester United (new entry) Favoured over Igor Thiago as Brazil’s No 9 against Haiti, Cunha repaid manager Carlo Ancelotti’s faith with a poacher’s effort and a left-footed smash into the top corner.
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Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
When those loans expired, with no money repaid, the facade finally gave way.
—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
If the measure passes the Legislature, and is approved by voters, the state will raise funds by selling bonds to investors who will be repaid with interest.
—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
The funds, which are repaid when the homeowner dies or permanently moves out of the home, can also be used for virtually any purpose, including medical expenses, home improvements, debt repayment or supplementing retirement income.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
That financial support can come as a grant, which does not have to be repaid, or as a deferred forgivable loan that is fully forgiven if the buyer stays in the home and makes timely mortgage payments for the first three years.
—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
After the debt is repaid, Michigan and Ontario will split the toll revenue.
—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
They will get repaid with interest from the tolls.
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Rob Gillies,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
The city is demanding the city’s legal and investigation costs be repaid by July 1, the severance costs by August 1 and the tuition reimbursement by September 1.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
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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.
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?
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Utilization, on the other hand, shows what percentage of eligible expenses are being reimbursed—a far more meaningful metric.
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DeSantis said Florida will be reimbursed for the cost of Alligator Alcatraz, although the timeline for that is uncertain.
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Trump reciprocated by making Macron the guest of honor the following year at his first White House state dinner, the highest diplomatic honor the United States can extend to an ally.
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Underneath the surface, trust is more easily built, care is more easily reciprocated, and expectations are more clearly communicated.
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If the estate has sufficient assets after higher-priority expenses, such as certain taxes, administrative costs and funeral expenses, qualifying debts may be paid before any remaining assets are distributed to heirs.
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Amid news of his death, the official Instagram page for Flackstock, a festival created in honor of Caroline Flack, paid tribute to Paul Flack.
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Hitler’s picture was exchanged for a painting of Alexander Hamilton, the father of the Coast Guard.
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The bulk of the messages were exchanged between 2001-2004, before Epstein first faced criminal charges in Florida in 2006.
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Doubts about his age have emerged from time to time and, while official documents have verified his date of birth and satisfied Indian cricket’s governing body, the sceptics will not always be satisfied.
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After more than five months of picket lines, the Writers Guild won a contract that satisfied its membership.
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Douglas said automatic gratuities also serve a practical purpose for larger parties, helping to ensure servers are fairly compensated for the additional coordination and service those tables require.
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With the original melody-makers credited and compensated, the reference is recognizable, but the recording is entirely AtHeart’s.
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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.
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