Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pay up
Verb
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If all of that stuff has to be paid for by hard campaign dollars, dollars that would be disclosed within 100 days to who?—
NBC news,
NBC news,
10 May 2026 -
The annual event pays homage to the 27 million Soviet citizens who died in that war.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Ruff’s quick hook paid off, and so did his other lineup changes.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Those tough decisions paid off and paid off fast.—
Tory Wegerski,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Yet such gestures failed to meet the scale of the problem.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Trump is meeting Xi for the first time since taking office for his second term, following months of growing tension between both countries.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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“Pay up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pay%20up. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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