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Recent Examples of loanedTwo pandas arrived in San Diego in June 2024, the first time China had loaned new pandas to the US in more than two decades.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2026 This is the second year Rolex has been a sponsor of the film festival, with its clock stand in the lounge, as well as loaned watches on the wrists of notable attendees.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2026 Above another booth hangs a mirrored Andy Warhol portrait of Gianni Versace, loaned to Remm by a friend.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
24 Sep. 2026 With only days left before her passport expired, a friend loaned her the $3,500 to pay the higher-end broker, who was able to renew her passport.—
Andrew Nachemson,
The Dial,
22 Sep. 2026 He was then loaned to Bayern Munich and helped the German club to win the Champions League in 2020, scoring twice off the bench against his parent club Barcelona in an 8-2 quarter-final victory, before his side beat Paris Saint-Germain in the final.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2026 The Aquaman and Game of Thrones star has loaned the Harley-Davidson Museum six World War II motorcycles from his private collection to be put on display.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
10 Sep. 2026 Miami billionaire and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has loaned a rare painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.—Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2026 The work was restituted in 2023 to the heirs of Albert Lewenstein and Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann, who had loaned it to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam for safekeeping prior to fleeing the Netherlands ahead of the country’s Nazi occupation.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaned
lent
Verb
Lines at Russian gas stations, crippled refineries, and images of burning oil depots blackening the sky lent credence to the narrative, as did blackouts and fuel shortages in Crimea.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Sep. 2026
They were introduced to a new one — straw marquetry — when a friend lent them a book on Art Deco legend Jean Dunand.