be paid
Example Sentences
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People experiencing acute financial hardship have to apply for grants and under new government rules have to be paid within 48 hours of a receipt of a completed application.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The trust funds were a way of cumulating workers’ aggregate tax payments to ensure an equal sum would be paid out again, in aggregate, at some point.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“It is a shortsighted approach to asset management that invites long-term risk—a strategic failure that will ultimately be paid for by future generations of students and the long-term health of the endowment itself.”
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The expected depletion date for the Hospital Insurance trust fund is 2033, at which point only 89% of benefits would be paid.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
She simply walked to the refugee camp down the road and found another carpenter, a sallow-skinned man who wanted to be paid in food.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
