as in lending
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 loaning
Through her Art Bridges Foundation, Walton has spent more than $500 million acquiring and loaning out works of American art to more than 230 museums across the country since the nonprofit’s founding in 2016.
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Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Later, in the parking lot, it is shown not to be him but another gambler who landed flat on a car, dead, with his wife hysterically blaming Dao Ming for loaning him money to continue his habit.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Reese soon began loaning money to OneTaste, eventually lending the company a million dollars.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
After loaning Marcus Rashford to Barcelona, the club brought in forwards Matheus Cunha from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, several other nearby school districts came to the rescue, loaning buses to allow the older students to resume school for the rest of the week.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Ultimately, Red Bull Salzburg won the race to sign him, bringing him inside the Red Bull network for the first time, before loaning him to FC Liefering, their development club in the Austrian 2.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Later, in the parking lot, it is shown not to be him but another gambler who landed flat on a car, dead, with his wife hysterically blaming Dao Ming for loaning him money to continue his habit.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Reese soon began loaning money to OneTaste, eventually lending the company a million dollars.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
After loaning Marcus Rashford to Barcelona, the club brought in forwards Matheus Cunha from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
Fortunately, several other nearby school districts came to the rescue, loaning buses to allow the older students to resume school for the rest of the week.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Ultimately, Red Bull Salzburg won the race to sign him, bringing him inside the Red Bull network for the first time, before loaning him to FC Liefering, their development club in the Austrian 2.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loaning
lending
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Banks fund themselves by taking short-term deposits and lending out longer-term loans.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These findings highlight the value of striking a balance between gung-ho overkill and long-term practicality—in the process, lending a strategic advantage to the quest for entrepreneurial success.—
Samantha Dewalt,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Loaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loaning. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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