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as in reimburses
to make a return payment to
I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me
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as in pays
to make a return for
how can we ever repay your kindness?
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Recent Examples of repays
The bond also has a maturity date, which is when the issuer repays the principal.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
The Creature repays the favor by using his strength to free the ship from its icy prison.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The city repays the bondholders over time, plus interest, using property taxes.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images What To Know The program repays up to $20,000 in student loan debt over four years, according to HESAA.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
The Creature repays the favor by using his strength to free the ship from its icy prison.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The city repays the bondholders over time, plus interest, using property taxes.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images What To Know The program repays up to $20,000 in student loan debt over four years, according to HESAA.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repays
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In a case like the CX-5, when Mazda nominated the car for the test based on its belief the vehicle would perform well, the manufacturer reimburses the organization for the cost of the car.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reviews new and revised codes and reimburses clinicians based on a fee schedule, which is updated every year.—
Michelle Andrews,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Ohio pays nursing homes a daily rate for Medicaid residents and provides additional payments to facilities that meet certain quality benchmarks.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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At the end of the evening all guests received a copy of the stunning new book Santo Domingo, published by the prestigious Assouline publishing house, which pays homage to the country’s vibrant capital city, its rich history, and its exhilarating future.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Over the course of the season, Chantal grows frustrated with her needy fiancé and begins falling for Jordie, who has harbored feelings for Delilah for years, but seemingly moves on and reciprocates Chantal’s affections.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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The seagrass reciprocates with sugars.—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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Neediness is a never-ending hunger for external validation that no response ever satisfies.—
Sabrina Romanoff,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Trump will only make a deal that satisfies his red lines, the official said, referring to the president’s demands that Iran must abandon its nuclear program, give up its enriched uranium supplies and open the Strait of Hormuz.—
Kate Sullivan,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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The team developed a control method that compensates for this effect and maintains stable optical signals.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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There is no meaningful amount of last-minute effort that compensates for months of unfocused or incomplete readiness.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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“Repays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repays. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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