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as in hired
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
will need to rent a car while we're in Europe
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Recent Examples of rented
Saipov, who had rented a truck and planned to target a Manhattan parade, found the route blocked by these barriers and abandoned that plan.
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Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The rocky beach is lined with beach chairs that can be rented, and there are several traditional taverns and snack shacks.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
Six of the ADUs will be rented to very low-income households, and six will be rented to moderate-income households, planning files show.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Officials said the climbers had rented proper equipment, but didn’t know how to use it.
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James Ward,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
The downtown Kansas City data center is patrolled by a security robot named ‘Lance’ and includes server space rented to Nebius, the Dutch AI services company behind a $150 billion, 400-acre data center now under construction in Independence.
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Ilana Arougheti
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
The New York Times reported on June 24 that Swift had rented the iconic arena for a multi-day event, citing sources familiar with preparations.
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Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Driven by a love of music nurtured in their living room, Southern California brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson rented musical instruments using grocery money left by their parents during a short vacation to Mexico back in 1961.
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Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
30 June 2026
In the mid-two-thousands, Whitehead periodically rented the house from an aunt, hosting friends on nostalgic trips that spurred him to write about the place.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The rocky beach is lined with beach chairs that can be rented, and there are several traditional taverns and snack shacks.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
Six of the ADUs will be rented to very low-income households, and six will be rented to moderate-income households, planning files show.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
Officials said the climbers had rented proper equipment, but didn’t know how to use it.
—
James Ward,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
The downtown Kansas City data center is patrolled by a security robot named ‘Lance’ and includes server space rented to Nebius, the Dutch AI services company behind a $150 billion, 400-acre data center now under construction in Independence.
—
Ilana Arougheti
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
The New York Times reported on June 24 that Swift had rented the iconic arena for a multi-day event, citing sources familiar with preparations.
—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Driven by a love of music nurtured in their living room, Southern California brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson rented musical instruments using grocery money left by their parents during a short vacation to Mexico back in 1961.
—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
30 June 2026
In the mid-two-thousands, Whitehead periodically rented the house from an aunt, hosting friends on nostalgic trips that spurred him to write about the place.
—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rented
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It had been once used as a vault facility by Capitol Records and, in the 2000s, Playboy had leased the complex for its TV group, with Hugh Hefner said to keep an office on the campus.
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Developer Sreenivas Geesala said the space has not been leased out.
Verb
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Non-Chinese managers were fired shortly after they had been hired and were replaced with Chinese managers, according to the complaint filed in a federal court in Los Angeles.
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Moore then won Super Bowl LIX as the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles, and was hired shortly after as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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