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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay (for)
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Jerome Hoban, during a community meeting Monday, announced that there would be no racing at the fairgrounds this year, despite previous rumors of a $2 million plan from two independent horse owners who wanted to pony up funds to run races on weekends.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025 -
Instead of looking to the U.S. and Europe to pony up capital, developing and emerging market countries can work together—providing the goods and finance without the help of their wealthier counterparts.—
Justin Worland/Bridgetown,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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The trip taken by Garcia, Frost, Ansari and Dexter is not being financed by taxpayer dollars, according to a news release.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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While Medicaid finances about 40 percent of all births nationwide, more than 64 percent of births by Black moms are covered by Medicaid.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
20 Apr. 2025
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Hera adds a couple orders of magnitude in our understanding of how much energy DART expended in its kinetic impact and what that capability provides for planetary defense.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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In Ukraine, both sides have already expended extraordinary resources, and neither is close to anything that resembles a victory.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Pay (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20%28for%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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