pay
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“When I explain why to people, they’re happy to pay what I ask them,” Flores said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Ordinary money-market funds and dividend-focused stock funds both pay close to 3.5% now, and safe, short-term bonds, closer to 4%, versus the S&P 500’s yield of just 1%.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The increase in hourly pay in the 12 months from March 2025 through March 2026 slowed to 3.5% — also a five-year low.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Anthropic recently agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright-infringement lawsuit over its use of pirated books to train its models.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
