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sublet

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Definition of sublet

as in to sublease

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Recent Examples of sublet Pied-à-terres, co-purchasing, parents buying for children, guarantors, and gifting are all kosher, as is subletting after two years of ownership. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 Mar. 2026 Yet as the stadium owners have essentially sublet the stadium to FIFA during the World Cup, a new license is required. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026 The third proposal would establish and enforce occupancy limits requiring all tenants to be listed on leases and license applications and prohibit unlicensed short term subletting in smaller residential units. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026 Initially, Kinoshita was seeking a property with the intent to sublet some of the bedrooms and lower her share of the expenses. — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sublet

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That came as Wheeler had hopscotched from sublease to sublease to stay afloat after moving to eastern Canada from the west coast.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
The company is looking to sublease that space.

— Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 3 June 2026

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The county just completed major renovations, including the dredging of the lake to improve water quality and the construction of a lakeside pavilion that can be rented out for events.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
When The Times knocked on the door of the home Yeager had hoped to rent — days after Yeager had been told the tenants would be moving out — a dog immediately barked.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

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After the end of sugar, the old plantations had begun leasing their fallow cane lands to Big Ag companies, such as Dow, Pioneer, and Brun’s Syngenta, which took advantage of lax regulations to conduct experimental GMO and pesticide testing.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
The alliance leases the building and put roughly $54 million into the revival that produced the Crawford Hotel in 2014.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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Pullen has hired former Westminster assistants Neema Salimi (offensive coordinator), Byron Curtis (linebackers coach), Bill McGahan (director of scouting) and Joe Sturniolo (special teams coach).

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Garren Taylor, one of Claunch’s friends, said that two years ago, Claunch completed a rehab program for alcohol abuse at Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center in Rupert, Idaho, and was immediately hired there.

— Michael Biesecker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

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