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sublets

verb

present tense third-person singular of sublet
as in rents

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  1. rents
  2. leases
  3. hires
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  • Dan Pfoltzer, a 75-year-old school bus driver who rents a small home in Nassau, New York, has been warily watching oil heat prices for months.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • According to Page Six, Earle rents a luxury two-bedroom apartment in Los Angeles.
    — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of rents
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  • Quixote, part of the real estate giant Hudson Pacific (which leases Sunset Studios to Netflix), has been in a monthslong effort to reduce its footprint, cut its soundstage leases and hone its fleet business.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Cloud service agreements totaled $29 billion, with data center leases not commenced of $25 billion, equity investments of $25 billion, and capital expenditures of $8 billion.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of leases
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  • The workers’ comp rule that surprises almost everyone Most states require workers’ compensation insurance once a business hires its first employee.
    — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In order to solidify his cover in Tehran and throw off the story’s villain, Qasim (Navid Negahban, Kandahar), Tucker hires a young Iranian-American woman, Zara (Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi, very good), to pose as his wife.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of hires
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