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 loaned first to Aston Villa until the following summer, then Barcelona for all of last season. Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 9 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 Orlando loans forward to Swedish team Orlando loaned forward Simone Jackson to Sweden’s FC Rosengård through June 2027, the club announced. Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 France and Great Britain were losing the war, and American banks and businesses loaned them billions. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 On one occasion, Zeepvat alleges, Abbatiello loaned him $1,500 to go on a spring break trip with other fraternity brothers. Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaned
lent
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  • Perrin recently curated a traveling Renoir exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, the institution that also lent on a long-term basis all four of the paintings that were stolen from the Renoir Museum in southern France.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Private shoe designer and collector Olivier Jault also lent around 20 pieces, including a heel-less ankle boot by Jean Paul Gaultier from the spring 2012 collection, as well as a 2009 Maison Margiela shoe.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Loaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loaned. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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