overpaid
Example Sentences
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Social Security overpaid my 82-year-old mother by $20,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
A few months ago, she got a letter from Social Security saying she’d been overpaid by roughly $20,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I feel they have overpaid for every player they bought this summer - you can't rule them out from being in and around the relegation battle," said TNT pundit and ex-England international Joe Cole.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
“People thought I way overpaid, but I got the team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
This was real business because even then young Mr. Barrett was overpaid for his work.
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre