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handsomely

[han-suhm-lee] / ˈhæn səm li /


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Villa won but could have drawn - or equally triumphed more handsomely - during a game which went from comfortable to edgy to relief.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

That strategy has paid off spectacularly -- coding is the rare AI skill that users are willing to pay handsomely for.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

That investment and others in the AI and tech sectors have paid off handsomely, but pivoting to a legacy NBA team with a locked-in elevated financial floor could be prudent.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

But despite being an unsavory collection of criminals, Mr. Goode’s cast of characters could survive quite handsomely without gambling everything with each shipment of Fiji banded iguanas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Soviet persistence and engineering skills have eventually paid off handsomely.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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