Thesaurus results for SUBLET

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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Supposedly scheming to raise rents in order to raise broker fees often pegged to rent prices, Compass went to war with Zillow, the most popular free real estate platform that never charges broker fees.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
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

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In San Francisco, AI companies made up 58% of all leasing in the first half of this year and have accounted for 30% of leasing activity, totaling about 10 million square feet, since 2023, according to CBRE.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Broadway producer Zev Buffman leased it for several years before buying it in 1966, only to sell it to actor Eddie Bracken four years later.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 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
After reviewing cellphone videos, investigators hired by BART concluded that Pirone pushed Grant against a wall, struck him in the head and kneed him in the face.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

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