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 Atkins loaned his campaign $8,500, which covered the qualifying fee, and raised $1,700 for the contest. CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Forward Dastan Satpaev has been loaned to Championship side Burnley. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Scanned by Lukasz Ceranka (Fixafilm) and Oleksandr Bertman (Oleksandr Dovzhenko Centre), restored with funding by Fixafilm and the Polish Film Institute, graded with reference to an archival print loaned by the Dovzhenko Centre. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 After the late monarch stopped wearing the tiara, it was loaned to Diana in 1981 as a wedding present. Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 Less than two weeks ago, Bay loaned out defender Brooklyn Courtnall to San Diego on the same day the club brought in forward Agostina Holzheier from Argentina. Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 Nieves has raised $8,373 and loaned himself $14,000, according to their latest campaign finance reports. Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 Businessman Perry Johnson has loaned his campaign more than $30 million, according to Michigan campaign finance records. ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 Ford loaned his campaign $8,000, which helped cover the qualifying fee, and has raised just over $14,000 as of July 24. Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaned
lent
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  • If Tompkins had forgotten her walker, the unit would have lent her one.
    Paula Span, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Theosophy’s principal binary, though on the surface abstract, lent itself rather quickly to an erotic interpretation.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Loaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loaned. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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