rented

past tense of rent
1
as in leased
to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month

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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 Detectives found out Lopez rented a car in Key Largo and drove out of town, Sheriff Rick Ramsay said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 Wolf gathered up a group of friends, rented Airbnbs in Big Bear and Joshua Tree, and started drowning herself in Mud. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026 Ariana Grande rented a penthouse here while filming the two Wicked movies at nearby Elstree Studios, and later named a song on her album after the area. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026 Unlike Google's tensor processing units or Amazon's Inferentia and Trainium, Microsoft's accelerators can't be rented by the hour to other companies. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 About 20 years ago, Hazleton passed the controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which withheld permits from businesses employing undocumented immigrants and fined landlords who rented to them. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 If the car or truck was rented in one state, set to return in another state and crossed into Mexico via a third, the coordination required between three state law enforcement agencies can make timely recovery of the vehicle even more complicated. — Steve Fisher special Correspondent follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Show the answer BlackHispanicWhite Are homes in battleground districts more likely than those in other places to be owned or rented? — Eric Lau, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 The event was sponsored and conducted by the League of Women Voters, which rented Arroyo Grande High School facilities through the District’s facilities use process. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • Paramount is taking over the Bay Theater, the long-shuttered cinema at Palisades Village formerly leased by Netflix, adding to a wave of revivals of dormant movie theaters across Los Angeles.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The Bay Theater was previously leased by Netflix, which took it over in 2021.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
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  • Alejandro Diaz, whom Xuan hired as an eviction manager for his real estate firm, accused Xuan of trying to break down a tenant’s door in Apple Valley and using a Taser to shock another renter’s dog, according to the civil suit.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • By July, the side project turned into a full-time job when MLB hired Weingardt as a principal product manager to explore changes to its flagship app.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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