subletting

verb

present participle of sublet
as in subleasing

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  1. renting
  2. hiring
  3. leasing
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  • Organizers from the Chaney Braggs Apartments tenant union, Belden Tenants Association and One Northside all spoke in support of PRO, including their own personal issues with renting.
    — Mikayla Price, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Prospective tenants are not allowed to tour the place before renting, and residents have long reported dicey roommate situations and ambiguous policies surrounding tenant rights and eviction.
    — Diamy Wang August 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of renting
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  • New institutions get their room to maneuver through carve-outs from rules that are meant to apply across all of government, such as hiring authorities that bypass the normal process or waivers from cumbersome procedural requirements.
    — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That includes hiring staff, acquiring technology resources and making an impact on individual lives.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of hiring
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  • And the railroad that’s leasing the bridge along with miles of track in Middletown said that upgrading the bridge would improve the chances of getting more industrial customers.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sony Pictures and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema are leasing the long-empty theater and plan to reopen it in 2028.
    — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of leasing
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