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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
For January 2027 through September 2030, the property will be rented at 10% of the school's net income for that particular year, according to the lease agreement.
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Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2025
Police later found the Hyundai sedan used in the robbery, which had been rented in Dixon, and found Hardy’s phone on the vehicle’s floor.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
That August, with Dulfo’s assistance, Etienne rented a Home Depot flatbed truck and rammed it backwards into Tatiana Pino’s Land Rover Defender in the driveway of her Pinecrest home.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Green allegedly transported the group for prostitution and rented a hotel room in Kansas City for those activities, prosecutors said.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The home’s owner confirmed to Rolling Stone that it was rented to Burke’s manager.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Rental Homes Another popular avenue for groups visiting for a game weekend are homes rented out by locals, which are best sourced on Vrbo, Airbnb, and similar sites.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Not only was the place once owned by Oscar-winning songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, who was frequently visited by his close friends Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, but the original Dracula actor Bela Lugosi had also rented the residence in the early 1930s while his house nearby was being built.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
Cornell, 34, a journeyman commercial roofer who lived on the streets as a teen, has rented his two-bedroom unit for $875 a month since 2018.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2025
Police later found the Hyundai sedan used in the robbery, which had been rented in Dixon, and found Hardy’s phone on the vehicle’s floor.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
That August, with Dulfo’s assistance, Etienne rented a Home Depot flatbed truck and rammed it backwards into Tatiana Pino’s Land Rover Defender in the driveway of her Pinecrest home.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Green allegedly transported the group for prostitution and rented a hotel room in Kansas City for those activities, prosecutors said.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The home’s owner confirmed to Rolling Stone that it was rented to Burke’s manager.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Rental Homes Another popular avenue for groups visiting for a game weekend are homes rented out by locals, which are best sourced on Vrbo, Airbnb, and similar sites.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Not only was the place once owned by Oscar-winning songwriter Jimmy Van Heusen, who was frequently visited by his close friends Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, but the original Dracula actor Bela Lugosi had also rented the residence in the early 1930s while his house nearby was being built.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
Cornell, 34, a journeyman commercial roofer who lived on the streets as a teen, has rented his two-bedroom unit for $875 a month since 2018.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rented
Verb
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And after the war, Desai leased his own hotel in San Francisco, the Hotel Goldfield.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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All the apartments are leased, according to MLKEDC, but new applications will be added to a waiting list.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In 2015, Carlton officials hired appraisers who assessed the shuttered plant’s property at $457 million.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Two years later, he was hired by The Tennessean's sports department.—
Nicole Young,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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