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 The pilot program will allow up to 10 short-term rental units in the Downtown Specific Plan area along Main Street to be rented out while the owners of the property are off site. Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 Eastin has rented paddle boards and kayaks through Paradise Outfitters while on the lake. Rashad Alexander august 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 For about a year, the rock frontman rented a historic property just outside Gloucestershire that dates to 1584. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 Customer Kat Lupoli, of North Haven, rented the Blow Up Bar for her husband Josh’s 40th birthday. Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026 Investigators said the key link between Tenon and Bridegan was Fernandez Saldana, who had rented a Jacksonville home to Tenon and hired him for work at rental properties. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The home the Liguoris have rented since 2013 sits along the Raritan Bay and on a former landfill that's part of the former Aeromarine industrial site in Keyport. Christine Sloan, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 In the meantime, Pratt and Schwarzenegger rented Katy Perry’s Montecito property, which has been the center of a multi-year legal dispute. Architectural Digest, 13 Aug. 2026 Some particularly improbable accounts claimed that African American mothers rented out their babies to hunters seeking to attract the reptiles. The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • Records show the house, completed in 2022 and situated on a hillside parcel close to half an acre, was made available for rent at least twice between August 2025 and March 2026 but was never leased.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The other four would be leased at levels targeted to people making 60% of the median income.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
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  • In December, Nvidia bought assets from the AI chip startup for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record and hired Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and a group of engineers.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The spike in arrests comes as the agency, infused with billions of dollars last summer by Congress, has also hired 12,000 new deportation officers and investigative agents.
    Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rented. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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