as in outstanding
not yet paid my goal is to have no unpaid balances on my credit cards

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Recent Examples of unpaid Two months earlier, in March 2024, Just for Laughs filed for bankruptcy after owing millions in unpaid bills to hotels, venues and production companies. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 May 2025 If so, that could be good news for human workers: many of the household robots will be replacing unpaid work that people do for themselves, rather than paid work by employees. John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Borrowers with loans still in default may also become subject to collections, wage garnishments, and Treasury offsets, which allow the federal government to withhold tax refunds to recoup unpaid balances. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 Here’s what to know about the scam: What do fake unpaid toll texts look like? Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unpaid
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  • The Wall Street investment bank estimated that Berkshire’s T-bill position has more than doubled over the past year, adding that the $314 billion stake as of the end of March accounted for 5% of all outstanding short-term government bills.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 11 May 2025
  • Like every successful side in these early years of the World Cup, Uruguay 1950 had an outstanding centre-half in Varela, who was physically dominant and also a key attacking weapon.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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  • The dividend is payable on June 27, 2025, to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 13, 2025.
    Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The dividend is set to be payable on May 28 to shareholders of record as of May 19.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025

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“Unpaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpaid. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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