as in to give
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned
I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend can you lend me five dollars?
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Recent Examples of lend
Making room for levity is, then, a way of admitting the human—not through the granular and intimate detail that lends Ferrante’s novels their power but through a broader concession to nature.
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Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The board and many investors who lent their endorsement have said the nearly $1 trillion package benefits shareholders in the longer run as Musk must ensure Tesla achieves a series of milestones to get paid.
—Retuers, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The car boasts aggressive dynamic features, which lend it a sharp and purposeful design.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Mushrooms and wild rice lend an earthy flavor to this recipe.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The board and many investors who lent their endorsement have said the nearly $1 trillion package benefits shareholders in the longer run as Musk must ensure Tesla achieves a series of milestones to get paid.
—Retuers, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The car boasts aggressive dynamic features, which lend it a sharp and purposeful design.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Mushrooms and wild rice lend an earthy flavor to this recipe.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
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Most analysts who spoke with said that the Senate will be a tougher feat for Democrats than the House, although there is still a lot up in the air, given ongoing and potentially upcoming redistricting plans and rules.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Microsoft is giving employees a way to raise concerns about the uses of its technology after controversy emerged over the company's work in the Middle East.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Nineteen thousand resident white loyalists also supplemented British troops, as did at least eight thousand Irishmen and more than thirty thousand soldiers loaned to the king by princes in the German states.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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This exhibition is presented through Bank of America’s Art in Our Communities program, which loans complete exhibitions at no cost to museums and nonprofit galleries.—
Amy Carleton,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Lend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lend. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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