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Recent Examples of loanedQueen Sofía is understood never to have loaned pieces from the collection to other family members before, making Leonor’s choice an especially meaningful passing of the sartorial baton.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2026 When they were removed earlier this year for the first time since their installation to be loaned for a high-profile exhibition, a set of test drawings, until then unknown, by Redon were uncovered.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
26 Oct. 2026 Mbappe’s cost would be booked the following season, with the forward loaned to PSG for 2017-18 rather than permanently signed.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2026 In 2021, then-Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador requested that the headdress be loaned to Mexico for an exhibition commemorating 500 years since the fall of the city of Tenochtitlan.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
12 Oct. 2026 Most items come from the maison’s archive, with a few loaned by private collectors.—
Tanya Dukes,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2026 The same tiara was later loaned to Katharine's daughter, Lady Helen Taylor, on her wedding day in 1992.—
Stephanie Bridger-Linning,
Vanity Fair,
10 Oct. 2026 Charles loaned the money to his brother, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, out of his private income to ensure that the Crown Estate was paid on time, a person familiar with the payment said Friday.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Oct. 2026 That same month, the Office of Strategic Capital loaned Vulcan Elements $620 million to expand its operation.—ABC News,
7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaned
lent
Verb
The war lent credence to al-Qaeda’s accusations that Washington oppressed Muslims, attracting would-be jihadists around the world to join the cause.
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S. C. M. Paine,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Nov. 2026
Scott has previously lent his hand to a video game crossover with Nike, as just 24 pairs of a Dunk Low made with Sony for the launch of the Playstation 5 were made available through a raffle.