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Help understanding Haveibeenpwned.com regarding my email searched within it

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I was introduced to this website https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to check if any of our emails has been compromised. I checked all of out emails and the majority checked out ok ("Good news - no pwnage found"); gave me this screen after placing said emails individually:

Yet, I checked other emails and it said "Oh no — pwned!"

In the "Good news - no pwnage found" gave "pwned websites, pwned accounts, pastes and paste accounts" as pix below

I started checking this info out, but wanted EE insight:

What is meant by pwned websites, pwned accounts, pastes and paste accounts in the site?
When I got the result "Oh no — pwned!", how these emails been compromised? (note, these emails are working at this moment ok and recently changed their passwords)

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jana

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Very useful information guys, really, thank u.

Three inquiries to closed the question:

Would it be accurate that the passwords that has been breached are the passwords I have used in these websites that haveibeenpwned.com states?
Does haveibeenpwned.com also include if my actual Microsoft, Google, Yahoo email providers email also breached?
Finally, do haveibeenpwned.com provide the websites that my email of said sites been breached?

Thank u guys

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jana

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Wow! If there was a question I have placed that I knew very little or non of the subject, this gotta be one of them. The info and help u guys have given is so great, I have sent this link for further discussion and preparedness and growth to my group.

I will proceed to close the question.

Thank u guys really!