as in to give
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned
I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend can you lend me five dollars?
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Recent Examples of lend
And Williams outlines the benefits Ro has lent to her own life in the ad, noting that she’s lost 34 lbs since being on Ro’s GLP-1.
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Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Each episode found Ramsay traveling across America to lend a helping hand to struggling restaurants, hoping to turn their businesses around.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
The winter cold didn't keep the students at multiple schools across central Indiana from walking out of class on Monday to lend their voices to the ICE protest.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 3 Feb. 2026
The Water sign is known for its complexity, magnetism and innate sense of authority, which certainly lends to some of Oliver's storylines on the show.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Each episode found Ramsay traveling across America to lend a helping hand to struggling restaurants, hoping to turn their businesses around.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
The winter cold didn't keep the students at multiple schools across central Indiana from walking out of class on Monday to lend their voices to the ICE protest.
—Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 3 Feb. 2026
The Water sign is known for its complexity, magnetism and innate sense of authority, which certainly lends to some of Oliver's storylines on the show.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lend
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Strong demand for dollars gives the US more influence in borrowing money overseas at low rates and imposing sanctions on other nations.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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For now, keepers are focused on giving mother and calf time to bond while closely monitoring the newborn’s progress.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some on the fringes were moved on — Naouirou Ahamada left for Auxerre, while Romain Esse and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi were loaned to Coventry City and Stoke City respectively — to leave the squad a similar size to December, but with a greater depth of experience.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Khot loaned his campaign $405,000 in the most recent quarter in addition to an even larger loan in the previous quarter, and Bankole loaned herself $136,000 at that time.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Lend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lend. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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