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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paid (for)
expended
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People who, pre-AI, would not have expended the energy required to commit fraud can now easily enter a few phrases into an image- or video-generation software to generate a fraudulent image or document.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
25 Nov. 2025 -
Great effort was, at least initially, expended.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Paid (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paid%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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