pay for
Example Sentences
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The growing price war threatens to widen losses at OpenAI and Anthropic, which are already bleeding billions of dollars a year to pay for computing firepower to build and operate advanced AI systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The 23-year-old says she never suggests to her friends they all just pay for what they've ordered as "it just feels awkward".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“This policy is stuck in an unhelpful 2022 mindset. Consumers will continue to reduce savings rates to pay for higher oil prices.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The no-frills airline requires at least one parent to sit with children aged two to 11 during a flight, but that means they must pay for what it calls a "mandatory family seat".
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
But intellect and curiosity did not pay for bread or coal, her uncle said, and just because his sister was dead shouldn’t mean he had to feed another mouth.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
