subleased

verb

past tense of sublease
as in leased

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  1. leased
  2. sublet
  3. rented
  4. hired
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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
Definition of leased
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  • Their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was also allowed to sublet properties on his former estate, Royal Lodge, for an undisclosed period of time.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 8 June 2026
  • Some owners who cannot afford to install the proper infrastructure for intensive tourist use have either sold or sublet their syrmata to property managers.
    — Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2026
Definition of sublet
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  • 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
Definition of rented
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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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