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repay

[ri-pay] / rɪˈpeɪ /




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To Matsudaira, the test used for graduate-degree programs, which requires them to lead to earnings that are higher than bachelor’s-degree recipients, may be sweeping up too many fields where borrowers could reasonably repay their debt.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Funds could not be used for legal or defense purposes or to repay personal loans, nor could they be pulled from education, transportation or public safety buckets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Beyond that, most energy suppliers offer hardship grants for people struggling to pay their bills and the government's Fuel Direct Scheme, external can help you repay energy debt.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Its Anthropic shares were sold to help repay creditors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

As we pushed out into the river, he said, "You can repay me when you get your wages."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Onset said it is owed $1.9 billion by First Brands, and has concerns that when the company repays its DIP lenders, it will leave nothing behind to repay those claims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

The money is typically issued within three days, and the platform repays itself by withholding those wages from the user’s next paycheck.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025

On payday, the user repays the money out of their wages.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

"It repays all our effort as it's been a long, hard year."

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

But you are still put under an obligation, and these gifts create an intangible, everpresent debt to be repaid.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

But he said he was aware this could not be repaid until the conclusion of proceedings being brought to the court by prosecutors.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

A Turkish court in 2023 ordered the seizure of a digital wallet holding more than $100 million, from which Kaul says her losses would have been repaid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

It isn’t clear whether the loan has yet been repaid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

When the astronauts broke through the atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific, we were repaid with an electrical storm.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Tata Sons sought to get out of this classification by repaying their debt and arguing that they do not borrow directly from the public markets.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In a time of rising costs, the danger is repaying old debts by using new debts and not breaking the cycle, said Rossman.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Barely half of borrowers made even a single payment last year, mostly because their earnings fell below the repayment threshold, exempting them from repaying at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Music has given me so much that this album is my way of repaying music for all the blessings it’s given me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

There were harvest expenses staring me in the face, along with trying to finish repaying Uncle Chester’s IOU.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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