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as in hires
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 leases
Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 Jan. 2026
Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
But, Mayor John Laesch was quick to point out in his speech that leases for the College of DuPage and the 548 Foundation to rent out the building, formerly used by the city’s water and sewer division, had yet to pass the Aurora City Council.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
University Health already leases space within the towers, including for its Allergy and Asthma Clinic.
—Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2026
Under the arrangement, the city takes technical ownership of the facility and leases it back to Tyson through a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement, allowing the company to avoid paying full property taxes for 10 years.
—Juan Vassallo, Oklahoman, 16 Jan. 2026
The Craneway Pavilion, a largely windowed venue looking out on the San Francisco Bay, is part of the Ford Assembly Plant, a historic industrial complex Orton Development currently leases from the city for $1 a year.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
Denver owns Winter Park, but the city leases it and does not operate the ski area.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
An orthodontist leases the first floor, and John shares the second floor with an insurance agent.
—Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
In addition, the ranch contains extensive lemon and avocado orchards at various locations and leases farmland to various tenants raising crops including broccoli and hemp.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Noun
However, most of the large new retail leases citywide have been signed by health and fitness clubs, medical clinics, fast-food retailers, and educational facilities, according to the Post, making TJ Maxx’s new lease something of an outlier.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
The Batmasians founded Investments Limited, a real estate firm that owns, develops, operates and leases various properties.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
But, Mayor John Laesch was quick to point out in his speech that leases for the College of DuPage and the 548 Foundation to rent out the building, formerly used by the city’s water and sewer division, had yet to pass the Aurora City Council.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
University Health already leases space within the towers, including for its Allergy and Asthma Clinic.
—Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2026
Under the arrangement, the city takes technical ownership of the facility and leases it back to Tyson through a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement, allowing the company to avoid paying full property taxes for 10 years.
—Juan Vassallo, Oklahoman, 16 Jan. 2026
The Craneway Pavilion, a largely windowed venue looking out on the San Francisco Bay, is part of the Ford Assembly Plant, a historic industrial complex Orton Development currently leases from the city for $1 a year.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
Denver owns Winter Park, but the city leases it and does not operate the ski area.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
An orthodontist leases the first floor, and John shares the second floor with an insurance agent.
—Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
In addition, the ranch contains extensive lemon and avocado orchards at various locations and leases farmland to various tenants raising crops including broccoli and hemp.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leases
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In Downtown, people are now living in greater fear—poverty and desperation, as well as substance dependence and worsening mental health, have driven up interpersonal conflict in the neighborhood and depressed home values, leaving more properties and lots vacant or derelict.—
Emily Galvin Almanza,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie McHugh, a New London tenant union member, said out-of-state landlords especially are buying up properties and raising rents or evicting existing tenants.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2026
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Lems cited South Dakota Searchlight reporting that the Board of Economic Development’s longtime chairman, Jeff Erickson, also serves on the corporate board of CJ Schwan’s and is part of a corporation that rents office space to the company.—
Joshua Haiar,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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Sturtevants, a ski and bike shop with two locations in Ketchum, also rents fat-bikes that can be ridden on the scenic Wood River Trail.—
Denny Lee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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The one-time toothpaste mascot only begins to find his way when an unexpected acting call leads him to start working for a rental family service, which hires him out to play stand-in roles in strangers’ lives.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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To woo her, Almaviva hires Figaro (baritone Dean Murphy), the town’s jack-of-all-trades who (among other tasks) is the doctor’s barber and wig stylist.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Arlington Heights would have meant boom times on the I-90 corridor, which has its tracts of vacant land, and helped both Metra and O’Hare International Airport.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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There’s typically more pressure on big, obvious tracts of national forest.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
19 Feb. 2026
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The idea was to provide parcels of land and a way to make a solid living, but that promise was never fulfilled.—
Shardaa Gray,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The headcount reduction across 2025 and 2026 comes as UPS has been downsizing its Amazon volumes, cutting out 1 million Amazon parcels flowing through its network per day since the start of last year.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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Both cities agreed to use a portion of their local sales tax dollars generated near and around those future developments toward paying off that bond debt.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
15 Feb. 2026
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Such heavy developments could come off like the material of after-school specials, but de Araújo never loses sight of Josephine’s raw sensitivity.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This year’s lie detector session will take place at Gothenburg – Nordstan from January 16 to 18 and at Olof Palmes plats from January 24 to 26.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
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Medinsky has written several history books that focus on exposing purported Western plots against Russia and denigrate Ukraine.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The club met regularly, held dances, and provided burial insurance and cemetery plots.—
Dorothy Roberts,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Leases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leases. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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