paying back
Example Sentences
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“The parent is the borrower and is responsible for paying back the loan,” the student-loan lender says.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
When consumers are working, they are spending, saving and paying back their loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
Capital One felt so good about how borrowers are paying back credit cards and auto loans that it released $760 million it had been holding back to cover potential losses.
From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025
"If they came down to see them working and see what they do. They are paying back to the community for the crimes they have committed," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025
Almost a hundred dollars total, not even counting gas; I’ll be paying back Lacey’s par-ents all summer.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
