leased

past tense of lease
1
as in rented
to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected

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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 Habeck said the retail component of One Beverly Hills is about 40 percent leased. David Moin, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025 His artificial intelligence startup xAI, which owns X, has a sizable office in the city, and his brain computer interface company, Neuralink, recently leased a large property in South San Francisco. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025 For billions in betting revenue, the league leased those firms the rights to its stat packs, metrics, and branding. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025 Located amidst horse ranches in the city’s southernmost stretch, the garden spans the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park with more than 200 plots, including 10 quarter-acre farms leased for $324 to $1,600 per year. Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025 The land is owned by the Texas Tech University System and partially leased to the DOE, which has already signed off on Fermi locating there. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025 The Centennial Technology Center was built in 2000 and is currently 68% leased to a mix of health care and professional services businesses. Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025 And after the war, Desai leased his own hotel in San Francisco, the Hotel Goldfield. Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025 All the apartments are leased, according to MLKEDC, but new applications will be added to a waiting list. Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leased
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  • The Grammy-winning artist rented out AT&T Park in San Francisco for the occasion.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, the county has rented it from a company owned by the Hamann family, known in East County for their real estate holdings, construction projects and philanthropic work.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • Norvell was hired as a contrast to the personally tempestuous and offensively conservative Addazio.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Anthropic also hired senior Biden-era officials to lead its government relations team, Sacks noted.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Leased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leased. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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