rack-rent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack-rent
Verb
  • Private event spaces and a rooftop terrace can also be rented out for celebrations and events, according to Topgolf.
    Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Some are dilapidated and need tens of thousands of dollars in renovations before they can be rented out again.
    Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But as multiple advertising world sources note, Apple has hired its fair share of TV and streaming video veterans over the past couple of years, which, when combined with this newfound desire to cut deals to expand Apple TV’s reach, is certainly suggestive of broader ambitions.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As part of its hiring blitz, the agency has dropped age, training and education standards and has offered recruits signing bonuses as high as $50,000.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For billions in betting revenue, the league leased those firms the rights to its stat packs, metrics, and branding.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The land is owned by the Texas Tech University System and partially leased to the DOE, which has already signed off on Fermi locating there.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There are three ways of getting there, either by chartering a helicopter, going on a three-day hike or taking a two-day trip by ATV, which is most preferred by the park rangers linked to the Foundation for Ecodevelopment and Conservation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So in the past few years nonprofits began chartering planes to bring adoptable pets to places that want them.
    Erin Neil, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Rack-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack-rent. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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