Example Sentences

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Some of them will have overpaid and be due refunds while others may owe more.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

The Russian testified that it was in that conversation that he first learned he may have overpaid for the art.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Analysts cautioned at the time the firm may have overpaid for a relatively unknown asset.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023

Though there is no legal requirement for any council to notify individuals that they have overpaid, authorities will issue a closing bill or do so if there is a change in circumstance.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2022

I have overpaid them a thousand times by the devotion to your will, which I have displayed at the greatest personal risk.

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir