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pay down

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as in to pay off

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Recent Examples of pay down According to the complaint, Brightline Investment Holdings has failed to pay down its loan or make any interest payments since December of 2025, even after seeking multiple extensions and postponing the maturity date of the loan. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 This drives lenders to demand aggressive loan amortization schedules to pay down the debt before the tech becomes obsolete. — Dr. Dick Bridy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Debt counselors negotiate lower interest rates on credit cards and other loans, so the client can pay down the balance more quickly. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 The Giants have the wherewithal to pay down some of that money to widen the field and involve contenders with greater financial restraints. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pay down

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Congress has a role to play, too, by balancing the censuring of officials whose risks don’t pay off with awards for those who take heroic gambles for the right reasons.

— Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
So, can creditors make an estate sell a home to pay off debts?

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Spurred by tech giants’ insatiable appetite for computing power to dominate frontier models, the unprecedented global expansion of AI infrastructure has created demand so enormous that no single country can satisfy it.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
The bottom line Creditors may ultimately be paid from the value of a deceased person's home in certain circumstances, and an estate may need to sell the property if there aren't enough other assets to satisfy valid claims.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

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