How to Use pay for itself in a Sentence
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Clean a few of these a few times a year instead of hiring a pro, and the purchase will pay for itself.
—Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 17 Sep. 2021
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At the time, the theory was that the TIF district would quickly pay for itself.
—Grady McGregor, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022
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Chaney also doubts Noel’s golf course would attract enough golfers to pay for itself.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
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The cost of the pass is about the same as the cost of a regular ticket from Copenhagen to Aarhus, so the pass would already pay for itself with this one trip.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 22 May 2022
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Why ask residents for more tax money when the place could pay for itself?
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024
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Buying a meat grinder that should last a lifetime will pay for itself quickly.
—Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
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Depending on how often you get pulled over, this thing will pay for itself in time.
—Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2022
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Your synthetic spruce or fake Douglas fir will pay for itself in a few years!
—Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2022
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Though the cost depends on the specific loan, the average home refi runs about $5,000 and can take more than a year to pay for itself.
—Julian Mark, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
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That light will now need to show Mr. Musk the money—specifically, how to make Twitter pay for itself.
—Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
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Over time, as the cap rises and the market resets, a big-money quarterback deal can pay for itself.
—Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 29 Apr. 2021
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For example, if an employee makes $15 an hour, Copilot would need to save them two hours a month to pay for itself.
—Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
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Republicans have warned of a wave of agents and audits while Democrats said the increase would pay for itself through less tax cheating.
—Akayla Gardner, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2023
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Varanasi claims that once at full scale, the approach can be efficient, productive, and able to pay for itself in as little as two years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2018
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But this is an improvement that can pay for itself over the long run by saving you money on utility bills.
—Mia Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2021
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For example, a too-large system costs more to install and can take a significant amount of time to pay for itself.
—Tyler Shepherd, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
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By shaving years off the pandemic, this $25 billion effort to vaccinate the world would pay for itself many times over.
—Ro Khanna, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2021
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Any decent model will pay for itself over time with savings on your gas and electricity bills, of course.
—Maren Estrada, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
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It was supposed to pay for itself and generate vast economic growth.
—Tim Darnell, ajc, 29 Apr. 2021
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Unlike the rest of the Met's curatorial areas, the fashion department must pay for itself — and last year, the gala raised some $22 million.
—NPR, 6 May 2024
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With steep savings and extra coupons for members — that can in some cases be stacked — these markdowns will make that membership pay for itself.
—Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2021
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But even at its current price, if Stretch is able to reduce the need for a human caregiver in some situations, the robot will start to pay for itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2023
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Investing to support this enforcement will not only pay for itself, but will make a serious dent in the deficit.
—Time, 14 Apr. 2021
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In short, this vaccine initiative would pay for itself many times over simply in extra tax revenue.
—Nicholas Kristof, Star Tribune, 29 May 2021
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The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card has a low annual fee of $95, a lucrative rewards structure, and a bevy of benefits that help the card pay for itself.
—Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2023
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Subway ridership doesn’t fully pay for itself at normal times — each fare brings in something a little south of half of the cost of a ride with taxes and tolls covering the rest.
—Curbed, 16 Sep. 2022
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To launch Astra, Spiegelman was given a generous budget and a staff of four, along with an assurance that the magazine wouldn’t have to pay for itself.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
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That would cost the state more than half a billion dollars a month, but Menjivar said the bill would pay for itself by staving off more expensive problems, such as homelessness.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
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Foster also noted that the Build Back Better Act would pay for itself by boosting taxes on the rich and corporations.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Nov. 2021
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Farmers might be convinced to plant oilseed cover crops because the crop can pay for itself by producing oils that can be supplied to biorefineries.
—Peter Fairley, Scientific American, 13 Dec. 2022
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