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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
Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
In this land of four seasons, where winter snowstorms can be deadly; spring snow melt can flood entire towns, summer brings tornadoes, and fall might see forest fires, people know the value of human life and kindness repaid.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
In 2011, Epstein lent him $120,000, which was repaid.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
Loans typically must be repaid within five years, although your employer may allow a longer repayment term when the proceeds are used to purchase a home that's your primary residence.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For clarity purposes, the figures below assume that the full line of credit is borrowed immediately and then repaid (and that the interest rate remains constant).
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The state requests the $10,000 back if the nurse leaves before two years are up, and Skipper said the agency has been repaid in each case.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
What has already been repaid, reimbursed, or recovered?
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Lawyers said Hill has repaid $56,000 in loans.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
Iannaccone agreed to forgo payment of all $70,000 indefinitely, so FirstBank could be repaid.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
In this land of four seasons, where winter snowstorms can be deadly; spring snow melt can flood entire towns, summer brings tornadoes, and fall might see forest fires, people know the value of human life and kindness repaid.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
In 2011, Epstein lent him $120,000, which was repaid.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
Loans typically must be repaid within five years, although your employer may allow a longer repayment term when the proceeds are used to purchase a home that's your primary residence.
—Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For clarity purposes, the figures below assume that the full line of credit is borrowed immediately and then repaid (and that the interest rate remains constant).
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The state requests the $10,000 back if the nurse leaves before two years are up, and Skipper said the agency has been repaid in each case.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
What has already been repaid, reimbursed, or recovered?
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Lawyers said Hill has repaid $56,000 in loans.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaid
Verb
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For years, the county has been reimbursed $88 per day, when the actual cost to taxpayers is $180.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Connecticut company was reimbursed $1,062 from the bank and reported to police that the rest was deemed a loss.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Any ongoing communication from Epstein to Cohen after the separation with Nikolic was unsolicited and not reciprocated.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Outside your circle, someone’s bad behavior should not be reciprocated, keep it clean.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Attorneys are expensive, while Lake County taxpayers paid for what many saw as a case of prosecutorial overreach.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Ross already paid $7 million of Jalen Ramsey’s $26 million salary last season to facilitate a trade that helped Miami land Minkah Fitzpatrick.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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A couple of hours later, the hatches swung open and the seven space travelers hugged and exchanged exuberant high fives.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Hallmark says approximately 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged on the holiday (not including those prepackaged valentines exchanged in elementary school classrooms).—
Katey Psencik,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This comes after an unsuccessful attempt by Anderson's attorney to have the judge end her probation early, who argued in November 2025 that the ex-teacher had already satisfied the terms of her probation, WKMG reported.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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He was criticized for the speed of it and for only interviewing four candidates, two of whom satisfied the league’s Rooney Rule.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That dedication that has some accusing them of being compensated.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Lawyers, at times, were not compensated at all for this work.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 Aug. 2025
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