Thesaurus results for RENTS

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noun

plural of rent

as in slits

a long deep cut getting her skirt caught on a nail resulted in a four-inch rent that she couldn't possibly repair

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as in gaps

an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge) peered through the rent in the old garden wall for a glimpse of her mysterious new neighbor

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rents

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rent

as in leases

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 hires

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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Why offices need ecosystems Prime buildings in the City of London and the West End still charge a premium over Canary Wharf’s rents, and Khan’s business plan depends on narrowing that gap. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Artists may have loved the old Gowanus, reeking green canal and all, but who would pay luxury rents to live in the new one? — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026 Multifamily apartment REITs are still in negative territory, as the sector continues to work through a period of oversupply and weaker rents. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Fresno is emerging as an unexpected draw for younger residents priced out of coastal hubs, with affordable homes and jobs — but newcomers are pushing up rents and prices. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Just as in earlier feudal society, their income was based on the crops and rents that their land could generate. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026 At the same time, sluggish growth makes new projects harder to finance, particularly at rents that lower-income residents can pay. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026 Despite the annual decline in both bedroom types, Miami’s median asking rents exceeded the national median of $1,518 for one-bedroom apartments and $1,903 for two-bedroom apartments. — Layla Jaime, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Maricarmen set the spark Tens of thousands of people periodically march in major cities demanding action from lawmakers and blaming real estate speculators as well as tourist apartment platforms like Airbnb for rising rents. — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

Verb

Dan Pfoltzer, a 75-year-old school bus driver who rents a small home in Nassau, New York, has been warily watching oil heat prices for months. — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 According to Page Six, Earle rents a luxury two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles. — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026 The apartment, which Jordan rents for $2,300 and found on Westside Rentals, already had character including a Spanish-style rounded entryway that goes from the living room to the dining room. — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Equinix, by contrast, rents out space in its facilities to customers of all shapes and sizes that can run servers on a variety of compute platforms, from Nvidia to AMD. — Isabel O'Brien,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 The state now rents those beds to ICE for $291 per detainee per day. — Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 For example, letting a distant family member stay at a second home without formal documentation, or if someone owns one or more properties and rents them out, but the tenants don’t have documentation that the unit is their primary residence. — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 Modern Apothecary now rents that space to local vendors or community members to host arts and crafts classes, botanical classes, poetry nights and other things. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026 Red Door Stay also rents four traditional cabins, some sleeping up to 16 guests. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Plus, the side slits are practically made for showing off a pair of tall boots this fall.

— Brittany VanDerBill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026
There’s also front flap pockets that add practical storage, and button side slits for extra flexibility and movement.

— Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of slits

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Through regular exercises and strategic updates, districts and institutions can pinpoint and remedy potential gaps in their protocols before a real cyber emergency forces them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
That included measuring wage gaps, educating factories, testing approaches to wage increases and using Fair Trade premiums to provide additional financial benefits to workers.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of gaps

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The company leases office space, including in Hollywood and Culver City, which eventually could be phased out.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Cerebras makes dinner plate-sized ASICs, or a custom microchip built for inference workloads, and leases them from inside its own data centers as a cloud service.

— Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of leases

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Verity can’t finish her book series for mysterious reasons, so Jeremy hires Lowen to do so for her.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Whether that is a potential path forward is impossible to predict until Crane hires a new head of baseball operations.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of hires

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Messi added a fitting score — his 126th career goal for Argentina on a penalty kick in the 70th minute to set off collective chanting of the beloved icon’s name and more tears.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
In the other van, Gen cries tears of pride and fulfillment after Aesha and Nathan praise her performance in the last charter.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of tears

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The golf course will remain open to the public throughout the renovation effort, although individual holes may temporarily close while work is underway, the agency said.

— Matthew Daly, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
That might mean using vintage fabric to patch holes in armchairs or rugs, rather than replacing them altogether.

— Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of holes

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Osteoporotic fractures are responsible for more hospitalizations than heart attacks, strokes, and breast cancer combined, at $400,000 per hip fracture patient per year in care costs.

— Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Upon arriving at the hospital, doctors determined that the colorful bird — belonging to the same family as crows and jays — had left quite a bit of damage, including multiple fractures in Montalva's left cheekbone and a rare fracture of the hyoid bone in her neck.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025

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