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Recent Examples of loan
Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
Waves of hotel loan defaults and plunging values for lodging properties have swamped the Bay Area hotel market.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
The Thorns loaned her to Lyon in 2022, and later allowed her permanent transfer to the team in France's top division.
—Romi Bean, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
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Noun
There is almost a $600 monthly payment savings on a $600,000 interest-only loan compared with an amortizing mortgage.
—Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
Waves of hotel loan defaults and plunging values for lodging properties have swamped the Bay Area hotel market.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
Many of the jewelry pieces on display are loaned by institutions, including the historic Sartoria Tirelli Trappetti Costumi, the Atelier Bruno Piattelli and the RAI Milan archive, complemented by private archives of historical and contemporary jewelry.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026
The Thorns loaned her to Lyon in 2022, and later allowed her permanent transfer to the team in France's top division.
—Romi Bean, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loan
Noun
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This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Recent advances now allow machines to perceive, reason, and act with greater autonomy in less structured environments.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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All the same, his decision not to assign names to his principal characters, while initially lending the novel an air of universality, lapses into what feels like a formula for its own sake.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Instead of haute couture, most celebrities are decked out in snow boots and parkas, lending the event an air of informality.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In September of 2024, a federal grand jury indicted seven people for conspiring to defraud Medicare and Colorado Medicaid through a series of kickbacks and bribes to get referrals that could have led to more than $40 million in false claims.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
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She was also charged with collecting bribes.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loan. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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