loaned

past tense of loan
as in lent
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned can you loan me your lawn mower this weekend?

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Recent Examples of loaned For security, officers or deputies are loaned out from local law enforcement agencies. Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025 Costa Rican winger Kenyel Michel ($104,000) signed a 2½-year deal in August and was loaned back to Costa Rican club Alajuelense for the rest of the 2025 season. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025 Love loaned around $52,800 to her campaign, records show. Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025 Ball’s mother loaned them £400 to record their debut EP Mutant Moments in 1980. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025 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 Evidently, Farke preferred them both to Largie Ramazani, who was loaned out to Valencia before the end of the transfer window. Beren Cross, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 The book and exhibition were developed from the same research sources, including a wide selection of archival photographs loaned to Wang. Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025 That Pixel Watch, loaned to me by Google, is the latest iteration of Google’s smartwatch designed to work with Android phones. Larry Magid, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaned
lent
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  • Biden has been absent from the campaign trail since then, but Martin said that Biden had lent his name to some fundraising appeals, and that he has been restricted by treatments for cancer.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Leonard lent his own campaign money, giving himself $105,000.
    Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Loaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loaned. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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