billed
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unbilled adjective
Etymology
Origin of billed
Example Sentences
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The defendants billed Medicare for reimbursement payments for hospice care for patients over several years, federal officials said, but many of those patients were not terminally ill.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
Because this speech was billed as so important, yet carried so little real news, it offers another opportunity.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
The two-phase exercise, billed as the world's most ambitious of its kind, will see more than three million officials spend a year counting every person in India.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
When the company and the NBA announced one deal renewal in 1998, they even billed it as an unofficial 100-year arrangement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
He established the Campbell-Yates Manufacturing Company, which he billed as a firm that bought and sold everything.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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