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Recent Examples of loan
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Cox Automotive's data measures the average new car loan rate that buyers are obtaining, and that average rate hit a low at 9% in July, thanks to a sizable amount of 0% incentive offers at the time.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
Love loaned around $52,800 to her campaign, records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Pitching today, honestly, feels more like going into a bank and asking for a loan, which is sad.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Cox Automotive's data measures the average new car loan rate that buyers are obtaining, and that average rate hit a low at 9% in July, thanks to a sizable amount of 0% incentive offers at the time.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Costa Rican winger Kenyel Michel ($104,000) signed a 2½-year deal in August and was loaned back to Costa Rican club Alajuelense for the rest of the 2025 season.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
Love loaned around $52,800 to her campaign, records show.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loan
Noun
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The stock has declined about 11% this year, trailing a nearly 17% advance by the S&P 500 Index.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The programs in the series were created in a collaboration with performance artists, and resulted in a group of surreal experimental works that pushed the boundaries of sound and narrative well in advance of the digital era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Because so much of the film would be shot in such close interiors, Lanthimos and his director of photography, Robbie Ryan, sought to build on their experiments with The Favourite and Poor Things by using a film format that could lend their images richness and grandeur despite the confines.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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The natural silk cord lays comfortably on the skin and the kelp pendant lends an ethereal touch that is elegant but slightly bohemian.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Over the summer, officials in Turkey — where the lawsuit says some of the allegedly fraudulent Drake streams originated — started investigating Spotify over several allegations, including bribes for playlist placement and bot streams distorting domestic charts.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sliwa claims to have been offered ten million dollars, across seven bribes, to step aside.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loan. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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