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pay

[pey] / peɪ /




VERB
be advantageous
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STRONGEST
WEAK
VERB
make amends
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That does not mean he cannot be a success but it is a gamble Wolves desperately need to pay off.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into Irish carrier Ryanair over fees that parents must pay to sit with their children.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The data provider, Silicon Data, says its index “captures the marginal willingness to pay for LLM models.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Meta’s attempts to find other sources of money to pay for it all might be too little, too late.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Then Frank Gibson said that they would pay for everything—supplies, food for the driver, food for the dogs, food drops at the checkpoints.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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