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It looks like a Lifetime movie, but the payoff is optimistic in what it says about human nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, activists like McCollum have expanded their focus to opposing all hyperscale data centers, taking Lavina’s perspective that bigger facilities are not worth the potential economic payoff.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Jared Fleisher, chief executive of Gilbert’s development firm Bedrock, said they are planning for a long-term payoff: “It takes some time for Detroit to be TikTok famous.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The surge added to confidence about artificial intelligence investments amid questions over the payoff, a day after Microsoft also wowed investors with strong results.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

If the left branch is slender enough, it is generally understandable, albeit top-heavy, with all those words to parse before one arrives at the payoff.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Investors are rewarding companies that are showing clear payoffs from their capital expenditures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

These are derivative contracts whose payoffs are tied to inflation, and the total notional value of the global swap market is in the trillions of dollars.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

“The scale and pace of the current AI investment boom accompanied by expectations of large productivity payoffs bear resemblance to these precedents, highlighting potential downside risks in the near term.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In 2008, both Lee Jae-yong and his father resigned after a former Samsung lawyer turned whistle-blower claimed knowledge of a slush fund that was being used for bribes and political payoffs.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

The illicit payoffs were as yet unknown to the public, and as the barons moved toward the front of the Million Dollar Elm, they were treated as princes of capitalism, the crowd parting before them.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann