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 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 To take my mum to Buckingham Palace, my friend loaned me a big black Daimler car. Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026 Cooney says that in 1999, the city took over ownership and loaned the theatre around $150,000 after the pandemic to help rebuild operations. Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaned
lent
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  • According to Robertson, Lizzie lent Nance and/or her theater company money on at least two occasions.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Historically, banks were required to hold a fraction of certain deposits as reserves, and lent or borrowed to meet those requirements.
    David McMillin, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Loaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loaned. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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