as in to sublease
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Recent Examples of sublet
Yet as the stadium owners have essentially sublet the stadium to FIFA during the World Cup, a new license is required.
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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
Not to mention how much work would be involved in subletting/terminating his lease or whatever around his apartment in Paris, etc., etc., etc.?!
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
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
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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
Not to mention how much work would be involved in subletting/terminating his lease or whatever around his apartment in Paris, etc., etc., etc.?!
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sublet
Verb
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Ensurge has been seeking to sublease the building, according to real estate sources.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The complex includes the West Coast offices of L’Oreal USA, the headquarters of alternative protein company Beyond and labs that El Segundo aerospace company Varda Space Industries recently subleased from Beyond. El Segundo Mayor Chris Pimentel said the city helped market the Hermeus space.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Liden’s passageways were most likely rented, judging from the contact information for a Berlin scaffolding company taped to the wall inside one of them.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Claire Valdez rents her Ridgewood two-bedroom apartment and is running to take over Nydia Velázquez’s open congressional seat in District 7, which is, like most of the city, a constituency that’s majority tenant.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
2 June 2026
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In turn, the state would own the ballpark and lease it back to the team for $150,000 a month for 30 years.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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The prelaunch test involved firing up the rocket while it was securely held in place on the ground to verify hardware was working as intended at Launch Complex 36, which Blue Origin leases at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The couple did hire a supervisory electrician, but otherwise, Paul put down the HVAC himself and the flooring, among other things.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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While much of those gains are concentrated in a few select sectors like health care, those two reports prompted some cautious optimism about hiring picking back up in 2026.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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“Sublet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sublet. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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