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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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The Kings hired Peter Laviolette as their head coach earlier this month, and Clarke’s offensive skill fits well into the team’s possible evolution away from its traditional defense-first mentality to a more aggressive club under Laviolette.
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After serving in the Army during World War II and performing in the Borscht Belt, Sid Caesar hired him as a writer.
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That ban lasts for the duration of the agreement, which Lightfoot authorized for Bally’s in 2022 and is now at the center of another political fight under Johnson.
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Some studies have shown that estrogen can help protect the heart, but the FDA hasn’t authorized it for this use.
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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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Multiple opposition groups quickly put out statements vowing to beat the billionaire’s tax after the measure had officially qualified.
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Germany had already qualified, but Ecuador will now join it in the next round after finishing as one of the best eight third-place finishers.
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Not licensed for streaming in the United States.
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Zinc Distribution sells the series internationally and has licensed it to BBC Select for North America and RTÉ in Ireland among others.
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Twenty-four days after the polls closed on election day, Los Angeles County officials have certified the results from the 2,227,461 ballots cast.
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By Friday morning, one of Maiquetía’s runways had been reopened and certified for C-17 Globemaster military cargo aircraft, dramatically expanding the volume of aid entering the country.
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“Chartered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chartered. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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