paying back

Example Sentences

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Borrowers only receive forgiveness if they are low-income for many years, and high-earners end up paying back the entirety of their loans.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

"So you'll start paying back at the same income level. I think that is fair and reasonable," the chancellor added.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

When consumers are working, they are spending, saving and paying back their loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

This would require paying back all the benefits you’ve received so far, but it would reset the clock so that you could earn all the delayed retirement credits you missed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

The impossible debt of paying back the vuvv for fake fifties romance—thousands.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson