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Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting at
paying off
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If a company has a lot of floating-rate assets (their portfolio lending) but also a healthy amount of floating-rate debt, a lower portfolio yield might be offset by a lower cost of paying off that debt.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025 -
His bat said that the work is perhaps paying off.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Getting at.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20at. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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