as in loaned
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 lent
More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In the game that followed, players donned custom 1940s-style uniforms and used vintage baseball equipment lent by History For Hire prop house.
—Susan H. Kamei, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Some Democrats were concerned the bill created grey areas if a parent lent their car to their child who drove recklessly.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
The skirt included design elements that lent it a sensual quality.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
In early Christian thinking, its connotations of languor and listlessness, within the spirit no less than the body, lent it the status of a sin—a turning aside from God for the sake of earthly sorrow.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Ukraine, an expert in drone warfare after three years of war with Russia in which the use of UAVs as a weapon of war became commonplace, also lent Denmark its anti-drone expertise.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
From there, Jacobs layered in pieces with a nod to her signature cottage style, including a botanical grasscloth wallpaper from Amber Interiors that lent texture to the bare walls.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Monica lent her experience to help tell Amanda’s story.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In the game that followed, players donned custom 1940s-style uniforms and used vintage baseball equipment lent by History For Hire prop house.
—Susan H. Kamei, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Some Democrats were concerned the bill created grey areas if a parent lent their car to their child who drove recklessly.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
The skirt included design elements that lent it a sensual quality.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
In early Christian thinking, its connotations of languor and listlessness, within the spirit no less than the body, lent it the status of a sin—a turning aside from God for the sake of earthly sorrow.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Ukraine, an expert in drone warfare after three years of war with Russia in which the use of UAVs as a weapon of war became commonplace, also lent Denmark its anti-drone expertise.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
From there, Jacobs layered in pieces with a nod to her signature cottage style, including a botanical grasscloth wallpaper from Amber Interiors that lent texture to the bare walls.
—Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Monica lent her experience to help tell Amanda’s story.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lent
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Ball’s mother loaned them £400 to record their debut EP Mutant Moments in 1980.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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According to the Spanish newspaper El País, the artwork was being loaned out by a private collector who has not been identified.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This week, the judges gave Andy his first 7s.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The first and last sentences gave me momentary pause.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Lent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lent. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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