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as in rented
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
charter a boat
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as in enabled
British
to give official or legal power to
a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant
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Recent Examples of chartered
The Boeing 727 was sold to a Malaysian company that chartered it for VIP transport for a few years, before the aircraft was scrapped.
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Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Nike has chartered a path to improving its share price, but the athletic retailer faces several headwinds that could foil its recovery plan, according to Evercore ISI.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
In 1827, merchants and civic leaders here chartered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, launching what became America’s first common-carrier railroad.
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Wes Moore,
Baltimore Sun,
22 June 2026
Their only hope for a better life is to get on the Winnipeg, a cargo ship chartered by Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and artist Delia del Carril to offer survivors a new life in Valparaíso, Chile.
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Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
19 June 2026
In 1975, after the tragic crash of a C‑5 Galaxy military transport aircraft meant to evacuate Vietnamese orphans, two chartered Pan Am 747s stepped in as a part of Operation Babylift.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
The federation chartered a plane for 300 fans to travel from the capital Kinshasa to support the team, albeit Lumumba Vea was denied a visa.
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Adam Leventhal,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
The community came together and chartered the city after years of feeling underrepresented — an issue typified by the construction of a football stadium despite an outcry from residents.
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Joshua Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Tri-City, though, is chartered by the state to serve a very specific geographic area that takes in most of Carlsbad, Vista and Oceanside.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
Nike has chartered a path to improving its share price, but the athletic retailer faces several headwinds that could foil its recovery plan, according to Evercore ISI.
—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
In 1827, merchants and civic leaders here chartered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, launching what became America’s first common-carrier railroad.
—
Wes Moore,
Baltimore Sun,
22 June 2026
Their only hope for a better life is to get on the Winnipeg, a cargo ship chartered by Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and artist Delia del Carril to offer survivors a new life in Valparaíso, Chile.
—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
19 June 2026
In 1975, after the tragic crash of a C‑5 Galaxy military transport aircraft meant to evacuate Vietnamese orphans, two chartered Pan Am 747s stepped in as a part of Operation Babylift.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
The federation chartered a plane for 300 fans to travel from the capital Kinshasa to support the team, albeit Lumumba Vea was denied a visa.
—
Adam Leventhal,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
The community came together and chartered the city after years of feeling underrepresented — an issue typified by the construction of a football stadium despite an outcry from residents.
—
Joshua Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
Tri-City, though, is chartered by the state to serve a very specific geographic area that takes in most of Carlsbad, Vista and Oceanside.
—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chartered
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In recent years, the principal has rented out the South Side high school’s campus to churches, nonprofits and sports leagues, and leaned on a new parent group to drum up donations.
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In the mid-two-thousands, Whitehead periodically rented the house from an aunt, hosting friends on nostalgic trips that spurred him to write about the place.
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What differentiates MidFirst is not simply scale, but the culture private ownership has enabled.
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That enabled them to add a rapidly ascendant prospect each time in goalie Carter George and winger Vojtěch Čihař.
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But a director hired to helm a pilot, as James Burrows, who died Friday at 85, was again and again — almost as a lucky charm — helps set the tone for the series.
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Firms hired large classes of associates, assigned them substantial quantities of legal work, billed clients for that work, and promoted a relatively small percentage into partnership.
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The source asked not to be named as they were not authorized to speak publicly.
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The partial and temporary easing of restrictions is authorized from June 26 through October 23 only, according to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
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When individuals are empowered to declare their own career trajectories, input their own names into succession planning systems, and voice their professional needs, systemic bias plummets.
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Projecting its own victory, the Iranian regime empowered a hardline leadership, fired missiles and drones at its neighbors, rejected temporary ceasefires, and doubled down on its right to a nuclear program.
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China has not qualified for the men’s World Cup since 2002, but soccer remains deeply popular in the country, where more than 44 million watched South Korea’s opening game against Czechia last week, according to data from state broadcaster CCTV.
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Scotland had not qualified for the World Cup in the past 28 years, so the Tartan Army had to watch the tournament from afar.
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All bail agents involved in this call are licensed by the state of Michigan and hold Michigan concealed pistol license credentials, the police department said.
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City officials later asked Gefre to help rewrite local ordinances so legitimate massage businesses could get licensed more easily.
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These headphones are Hi-Res certified, with highly flexible silk diaphragms that extend up to 40kHz for exceptional treble clarity and thumping bass.
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The regulatory filing, certified on May 26, 2026, confirms several of Tesla’s design goals while revealing a few mechanical surprises regarding the robotaxi’s drivetrain and overall mass.
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“Chartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chartered. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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