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Heath also flagged additional research suggesting the carbon payback period may be less than a year. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 There’s some credence to the idea that recent weeks’ selling pressure was something of a pulling-forward of the modest payback that history suggests should be expected for this month. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025 How does the payback compare to the ROI (i.e., useful life of retrofit/payback)? Thomas Grizzetti, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Your tortured soul is getting a bit of payback for something. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for payback 

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“Payback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payback. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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