repay

Example Sentences

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“While these are precisely the students who will now be protected from excessive federal loans they could not repay, further steps should be considered to facilitate their access to advanced degrees.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

For more than a decade, she covered consumer lending broadly, with a focus on how lenders underwrote loans and borrowers' ability to repay them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"Whilst necessary to recoup funds, it's fair to ask whether councils allow genuine room to repay in a way that does not cause hardship or deepen problem debt."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

FAT Brands also tapped cash meant to repay lenders to fund company expenses and recently sold stock in its Twin Peaks franchise without approval from the presiding bankruptcy court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Since my father could not repay him, he took our stereo.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda