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paid down

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past tense of pay down

as in paid off

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Now, next week's midterm election stands as the clearest test yet of whether that balancing act has paid off.

— Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
But more than two decades later, that project’s ill fate appears to have paid off handsomely.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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Hays' efforts to find a solution to the controversy satisfied neither civil right activists nor intransigent segregationists.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
If the church’s trunk-or-treat hasn’t satisfied the Halloween excitement, neighboring business MoJoe’s Cafe will also be hosting a trunk-or-treat around the same time, according to the event’s webpage.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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