overpaid
Example Sentences
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Social Security overpaid my 82-year-old mother by $20,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Second, your mother should act sooner rather than later if she has been overpaid by Social Security.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The majority, 335 veterans, were overpaid a total of £5.1m as a result of incorrect National Insurance calculations.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“People thought I way overpaid, but I got the team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
I shrank from this, as I have long ago been much overpraised and overpaid for the affair, but I could not find a proper ground for refusing.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley