Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack-rent
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His late father, Miguel Oceguera, emigrated from Mexico and rented a cot from a family friend in the basement downstairs in 1973.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026 -
For regular Americans, the stagflation debate is not abstract, showing up in every job search and in every monthly cost from utility bills to rent payments.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Last summer's One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave DHS more than $170 billion to conduct immigration enforcement through 2029, including hiring tens of thousands of new ICE officers and CBP agents.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Reluctantly hired to fill in for her is Cameron (Lewis Pullman), a scruffy drifter newly blown into town with some unfinished family business to attend to.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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What was leased will be repossessed to recover debt in bankruptcy court.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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There’s very little office [space] on that campus right now, and the office that is intact is leased to CBS for a long period of time.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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The district’s teachers have been represented by the IPEA since it was chartered as an Illinois Education Association local in 1983.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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In 1982, a group of citizens determined to protect the river basin chartered the not-for-profit Friends of the Wekiva River, Inc.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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“Rack-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack-rent. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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