as in loaning
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 lending
After both shows ended in 2014, Meyer focused on voice acting, lending his talents to SuperMansion (2015–2017), and Crossing Swords (2020).
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Samano has worked as a spa director for close to two decades, lending her expertise to iconic institutions from The Beverly Hills Hotel to The Ritz-Carlton.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
Coach’s Soho silhouette does it all, lending itself well to both casual and formal situations.
—Amina Ayoud, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
While the Turk is relatively well known (even lending its name to Amazon’s program for remote grunt workers), what is less known is that part of the same technological exhibition was a mechanical larynx, composed of a series of rubber flanges and bellows.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The latest entry in the sci-fi franchise comes with a soundtrack helmed by Nine Inch Nails, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross lending their names to the project under the band’s moniker for the first time.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Yields reflect the return investors demand when lending to governments.
—CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
In both cases, dispatchers heard what sounded like gunshots in the background of the calls — lending a disturbing realism.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
These possibilities—what to place inside a glass cloche and where to use them—are copious, perhaps lending even more reasons to love this reborn trend.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Samano has worked as a spa director for close to two decades, lending her expertise to iconic institutions from The Beverly Hills Hotel to The Ritz-Carlton.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
Coach’s Soho silhouette does it all, lending itself well to both casual and formal situations.
—Amina Ayoud, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2025
While the Turk is relatively well known (even lending its name to Amazon’s program for remote grunt workers), what is less known is that part of the same technological exhibition was a mechanical larynx, composed of a series of rubber flanges and bellows.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The latest entry in the sci-fi franchise comes with a soundtrack helmed by Nine Inch Nails, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross lending their names to the project under the band’s moniker for the first time.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Yields reflect the return investors demand when lending to governments.
—CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
In both cases, dispatchers heard what sounded like gunshots in the background of the calls — lending a disturbing realism.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
These possibilities—what to place inside a glass cloche and where to use them—are copious, perhaps lending even more reasons to love this reborn trend.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lending
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Later, in the parking lot, it is shown not to be him but another gambler who landed flat on a car, dead, with his wife hysterically blaming Dao Ming for loaning him money to continue his habit.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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Reese soon began loaning money to OneTaste, eventually lending the company a million dollars.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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The European Commission said Google favored its own online display services, giving its ad exchange, AdX, a central role in the adtech supply chain.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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The YouTube cameras caught Kelce giving some tough love to Taylor, which involved a small head-butt and loud words.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Lending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lending. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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