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as in reimbursing
to make a return payment to
I repaid my friend the $20 he had lent me
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as in paying
to make a return for
how can we ever repay your kindness?
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Recent Examples of repaying
Borrowers who are currently repaying loans won’t see any immediate changes.
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Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Their money had gone into a cozy Craftsman house in Menlo Park, and repaying medical-school debt and the salary for their nanny ate up the majority of Greenwald’s take-home pay.
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Melanie Thernstrom,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
The Sacramento County Board of Education voted to overturn TRUSD’s May decision to revoke the charter, but questions remain over who, if anyone, would be responsible for repaying the funds.
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Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
In other words, as much as 8% of the district’s budget gets spent on repaying debt.
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Joe Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Others, such as Langley, scoffed at the idea of repaying NCDOT.
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Nicholas Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
Yet since Ratcliffe’s arrival, United have been noticeably more creative with their debt management, regularly drawing down and repaying portions of their RCF to meet short-term spending needs.
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Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
In those cases, both parties are legally responsible for repaying the debt.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
And neoclouds like CoreWeave may have more trouble repaying their debts.
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Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
1 July 2026
Their money had gone into a cozy Craftsman house in Menlo Park, and repaying medical-school debt and the salary for their nanny ate up the majority of Greenwald’s take-home pay.
—
Melanie Thernstrom,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
The Sacramento County Board of Education voted to overturn TRUSD’s May decision to revoke the charter, but questions remain over who, if anyone, would be responsible for repaying the funds.
—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
In other words, as much as 8% of the district’s budget gets spent on repaying debt.
—
Joe Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
Others, such as Langley, scoffed at the idea of repaying NCDOT.
—
Nicholas Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
Yet since Ratcliffe’s arrival, United have been noticeably more creative with their debt management, regularly drawing down and repaying portions of their RCF to meet short-term spending needs.
—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
In those cases, both parties are legally responsible for repaying the debt.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
And neoclouds like CoreWeave may have more trouble repaying their debts.
—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repaying
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Los Angeles officials have reached a tentative agreement with organizers of the 2028 Olympic Games laying out the process for reimbursing the city for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in public services.
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That speed and ease of use made the app popular for splitting restaurant bills, reimbursing friends, and handling other everyday transactions.
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Not trade unions, which ought to realize licensure reform will ultimately lead to more dues-paying members.
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No other white author of the late 19th century engaged so fully with the Black community, whether in promoting the Fisk Jubilee Singers or paying expenses for a Black student at Yale Law School.
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The former couple was very public with their romance, posting photos from their getaways on Instagram and exchanging kisses at award shows.
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Swift and Kelce are exchanging vows at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, according to the Associated Press.
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Members of the Algerian team are reciprocating Lawrence’s appreciation by engulfing themselves in KU’s Jayhawk culture.
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His reciprocating cutting mechanism allowed grain to be harvested far faster than manual labor and became foundational to modern combine harvesters.
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The onset is gradual enough to mask how serious it’s become, and family members often start compensating long before the person recognizes there’s a problem.
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Then capital accelerates growth rather than compensating for strategic uncertainty.
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