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sublet

verb

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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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Housing shortages sometimes happen when cities can’t issue residential building permits fast enough to keep vacancy rates low and rent high in a secondary market.

— Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The product pulls together data from several markets that allow users to bet on the cost to rent Nvidia chips to create an overall picture of where AI compute costs are heading.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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In July, California’s Public Utilities Commission approved new incentives of up to $20,300 for ride-hailing app drivers to buy or lease new zero-emission vehicles, and often now, ride hailers can choose to be picked up by an EV on the apps.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Anaheim owns the stadium, which the team has leased through 2032.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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La Strada had served for 14 years as the Pettis County clerk, overseeing local elections, when Hoskins hired him as the state's election integrity director in January 2025.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
For employers that want to move directly from matching to interviewing, ZipIntro uses AI to identify candidates who may fit a role and helps connect them with a hiring manager for an interview without leaving the ZipRecruiter platform.

— Audrey Payne, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026

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