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This has forced some to reassess lower-performing routes as unprofitable, such as in the case of Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy and has recently been approved $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing and a $150 million injection from one of its aircraft lessors.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
According to a recent blog post from Lightbourn, Chinese lessor portfolios have approximately $100 billion of shipping assets, accounting for more than 15% of the global ship finance market.
—Lori Ann Larocco, 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
People who plan to own and occupy the home, for example, are ranked above prospective sellers or lessors.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
According to a recent blog post from Lightbourn, Chinese lessor portfolios have approximately $100 billion of shipping assets, accounting for more than 15% of the global ship finance market.
—Lori Ann Larocco, 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
People who plan to own and occupy the home, for example, are ranked above prospective sellers or lessors.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lessor
landlord
Noun
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Savanna, another major Midtown office landlord, was also said to be interested.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
3 Feb. 2026
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The watchlist itself is based on the city’s data on private landlords with a longstanding methodology based on the way that data is collected and categorized by NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Lessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lessor. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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