grubstaked

verb

past tense of grubstake
as in paid off

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  1. paid off
  2. paid
  3. stood
  4. defrayed
  5. liquidated
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  • As expenses such as college or other debts are paid off, some of that money can potentially be redirected toward retirement, Vega says.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The hard work, long hours of studying, and all the time devoted to high school sports and extracurriculars have paid off.
    — John Biemer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of paid off
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  • For sponsored products ads, the FTC alleges advertisers paid their full winning bid about 80% of the time in 2024.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • His Know Your Rights Camp has helped pay for 150 independent autopsies — such as the one for Nolan Wells this year — and has also paid hundreds of thousands in legal grants and bail relief.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • Annual inflation, measured over the 12-month period leading up to July, stood at 66%, according to the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA).
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Nothing truly surprising considering where contract statuses stood with a lot of the starting group from this summer.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of stood
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  • These costs are defrayed by the consumption tax—which Takaichi promises to slash on food—and by income taxes paid by a shrinking labor force.
    — Jeff Kingston, Time, 15 Feb. 2026
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  • The rally was fueled partly by a short squeeze, with more than $4 billion in bearish crypto positions liquidated as prices rose.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The state of Delaware wrongly seized and liquidated his stock after the man didn’t log into his trading account for years.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of liquidated
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“Grubstaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grubstaked. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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