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as in hired
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead
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Recent Examples of leased
Her parents had leased the home, close to the main Sandringham House residence, which is surrounded by around 20,000 acres of land.
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Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
With rents starting at $525 a month, the development's four buildings leased out quickly.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The company leased 28,000 square feet there, according to CBRE.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
Pacific Life has temporarily leased 25,000-square-feet of office space near Queensbridge until the project is complete, the company said.
—Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
The Los Angeles Clippers’ new $2 billion arena, Intuit Dome, includes four courtside cabanas that cost $2 million per year and are all leased.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Emirates confirmed to Reuters that its plane was leased from and operated by ACT Airlines, a Turkish carrier that provides extra cargo capacity to major airlines.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Only 17% of the non-EV vehicles sold were leased in September.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Will Goodman, a principal at Strada Investment Group, which developed the luxury complex where Cluely leased its eight apartments, told The Times that half of the 501 units in the complex were leased within two months of its May opening.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
With rents starting at $525 a month, the development's four buildings leased out quickly.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The company leased 28,000 square feet there, according to CBRE.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
Pacific Life has temporarily leased 25,000-square-feet of office space near Queensbridge until the project is complete, the company said.
—Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
The Los Angeles Clippers’ new $2 billion arena, Intuit Dome, includes four courtside cabanas that cost $2 million per year and are all leased.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Emirates confirmed to Reuters that its plane was leased from and operated by ACT Airlines, a Turkish carrier that provides extra cargo capacity to major airlines.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Only 17% of the non-EV vehicles sold were leased in September.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Will Goodman, a principal at Strada Investment Group, which developed the luxury complex where Cluely leased its eight apartments, told The Times that half of the 501 units in the complex were leased within two months of its May opening.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leased
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Nearly empty save for a handful of people, the two-mile expanse of bone-white sand contained a single business, Itacarezinho Restaurante Lounge, made up of a grassy lawn peppered with shaded cabanas that can be rented for the day.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Properties couldn’t have been rented for more than 49 days during that summer period or for longer than 70 days in a year.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Reuters reported Thursday that Comcast had hired bankers from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to sort through a potential bid for some of WBD’s assets.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Investigations found the voicemails of public figures were hacked by journalists and private investigators hired by publications who worked on the assumption that few people changed the default voicemail access code their handset came with.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Leased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leased. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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