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Recent Examples of owe
Those with an error rate between 6 and 8 percent will owe 5 percent of costs, those between 8 and 10 percent must cover 10 percent, and states above 10 percent will be responsible for 15 percent.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Residential property values are used to determine how much homeowners owe in property taxes each year.
—Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
O’Dell will owe restitution, which will be determined during a separate hearing.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Part of the law regarding these prizes, requires the lottery to make sure winners do not owe a debt to the state, according to the state lottery.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Residential property values are used to determine how much homeowners owe in property taxes each year.
—Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
O’Dell will owe restitution, which will be determined during a separate hearing.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Part of the law regarding these prizes, requires the lottery to make sure winners do not owe a debt to the state, according to the state lottery.
—Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for owe
ignore
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What wasn’t said is hard to ignore.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Congress and state legislatures should investigate and hold the FDA accountable for ignoring overwhelming evidence of harm.—
Lila Rose,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Owe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owe. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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