How to Use pay-as-you-go in a Sentence

pay-as-you-go

adjective
  • Our federal income tax is pay-as-you-go.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There’s also a pay-as-you-go plan for $15 per GB.
    — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Tapedeck is a pay-as-you-go music download and streaming service.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
  • The event is free with pay-as-you-go options for food and beverages, rides, bounce houses and vendor booths.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
  • In many places, pay-as-you-go iPhones need a physical SIM card still.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • In many places, pay-as-you-go iPhones need a physical SIM card still.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The technology behind pay-as-you-go Pay-as-you-go insurance takes the concept one step further.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The afternoon will include music, vendors and a pay-as-you-go crawfish station ($20 per serving).
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2026
  • Whenever caps on discretionary spending or pay-as-you-go requirements threaten to bite, the label becomes something more.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The company adjusted the price of a subscription in 2024, offering a pay-as-you-go rate.
    — Tyler Jett, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Rather than investing heavily in physical devices up front, businesses adopt a flexible, pay-as-you-go approach where costs are more predictable.
    — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Regardless of provider, all calls, texts, and data usage will be treated as international maritime roaming— and charged at expensive pay-as-you-go rates.
    — Erica Silverstein, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Clarify any rollover logic, pay-as-you-go (PAYG) rules or minimum commitments.
    — Griffin Parry, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Social Security operates primarily as a pay-as-you-go program.
    — Martha Shedden, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Today, prepaid and pay-as-you-go policies are rewriting that playbook—letting drivers start coverage on their own terms and budget, often without a big deposit or long commitment.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Critics of Social Security have long compared the pay-as-you-go structure to a Ponzi scheme, in which early investors are paid with money from later ones.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The bottom line Prepaid and pay-as-you-go insurance represent a growing shift toward flexibility in financial life.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • If consumers balk enough at paying more, especially if use cases prove to be underwhelming to many, there will be a future where AI is pay-as-you-go, Tzuo said.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Since there are plenty of locations where eSIM support is restricted, for instance excluding pay-as-you-go phones, this would be a surprise.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • One month later, Netflix House Dallas opened in the Galleria Dallas mall, with the same free-to-enter, pay-as-you-go model.
    — Kate Springer, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
  • For residents in busy states like California or New York, pay-as-you-go policies appeal to urban dwellers who drive sparingly but still need proof of coverage.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The platform model transforms what were once capital-intensive AI capabilities into pay-as-you-go services.
    — Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Use the ZIP code tool below to compare prepaid and pay-as-you-go internet options available in your area and see which plans offer the best mix of price, speed and flexibility.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Current Tax Payment Act of 1943 introduced pay-as-you-go (which featured withholding)–and Forms W-2 to track it.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • County officials defended the financing as necessary to fund public projects and services after a period of relatively little borrowing and a pay-as-you-go strategy.
    — Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Located in Elysburg, about 115 miles northeast of Philadelphia, visitors to the resort enjoy the attractions on a pay-as-you-go basis.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, QaaS providers let businesses or research organizations access their quantum computers through the cloud, using a pay-as-you-go model to minimize initial overheads.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The life of a municipal well is 40 to 50 years, and the city has invested $33 million since 2015 in addition to yearly pay-as-you-go projects to update the existing system.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Growth is projected to be bolstered by the expansion of the company's Zero Trust platform and the adoption of new offerings such as its modular, pay-as-you-go purchasing program, Z-Flex.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Under Social Security’s pay-as-you-go structure, today’s payroll taxes flow directly to today’s retirees—a transfer that carries the same economic drag as explicit Treasury borrowing but doesn’t show up on the federal balance sheet.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026

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