as in advance
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Recent Examples of loan
Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 8 May 2025
Most of these claims are secured by only about $12.6 million in loans owed to Cornerstone.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Tool Kits Some libraries loan out tools like pliers and stud finders.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The ruling came after a lengthy civil trial in which James' office accused Mr. Trump of spearheading an effort to use fraudulent property valuations and estimates of Mr. Trump's net worth to obtain favorable loan rates and insurance deals he wouldn't otherwise have gotten received.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 8 May 2025
Most of these claims are secured by only about $12.6 million in loans owed to Cornerstone.
—Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
Verb
The city will loan the small Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park in July 2020 to the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, which is developing a museum honoring Italian immigrants in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood, according to a Park District news release.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Tool Kits Some libraries loan out tools like pliers and stud finders.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loan
Noun
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For visitors, understanding this context in advance helps make sense of the powerful stories found in its streets and public spaces.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Amid all the legal drama, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds made a decision well in advance.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
3 May 2025
Verb
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That changed this year with Wales Bonner serving on the host committee for the extravaganza and lending some of her designs to the exhibition.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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Three Rockets starters scored 24 or more points, lending to the equal-opportunity offensive approach that has gotten them thus far.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Kehlmann’s paternal grandparents survived because a Nazi official swung by every month and left with a piece of furniture, a bribe just large enough to get their file regularly placed at the bottom of a pile.—
David Segal,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Adams was indicted in 2024 on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals, and soliciting and accepting a bribe.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loan. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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