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Recent Examples of lessor
Normally, a restructuring by a major partner might spook investors, but Embraer successfully neutralized this headwind with massive new demand from global lessors.
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Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In a wet lease, the lessor is responsible for providing the plane as well as the crew, maintenance and insurance.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Quinn Glabicki | Reuters Spirit Airlines won approval for a $475 million lifeline and a $150 million payment from its biggest aircraft lessor in court on Friday, as the struggling budget airline races to stabilize itself after its second bankruptcy since November.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Spirit is also locked in a dispute with aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings over a deal covering 36 Airbus planes due for delivery between 2027 and 2028.
—Shivansh Tiwary, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
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Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
In a wet lease, the lessor is responsible for providing the plane as well as the crew, maintenance and insurance.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Quinn Glabicki | Reuters Spirit Airlines won approval for a $475 million lifeline and a $150 million payment from its biggest aircraft lessor in court on Friday, as the struggling budget airline races to stabilize itself after its second bankruptcy since November.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Spirit is also locked in a dispute with aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings over a deal covering 36 Airbus planes due for delivery between 2027 and 2028.
—Shivansh Tiwary, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lessor
landlord
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Business operators entered into six-month lease agreements with their landlords, had at least 80% of their rent subsidized and received a grant of up to $10,000 to open, according to an email from the city’s neighborhood services department.—
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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Its ensemble includes a Brazilian-origin sensei, a young Basque-Maghrebi fighter, an African migrant in his sixties, a policewoman and a landlord antagonist.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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“Lessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lessor. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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