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Recent Examples of subtenant
That’s because Rhapsody was a subtenant of Giordano’s, the national pizza chain that closed in 2022 after less than a year in the space.
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Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
The family lives in a rented brownstone in Brooklyn, in which rooms are let to subtenants.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.
—Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
In a complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court, lawyers for Murkelley LLC accused Mission Housing Development Corporation of leaving 5524 Mission Street while its subtenants were still living in the building.
—Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
Gregory Marconi, Rob Stillwell of Newmark Knight Frank represented the subtenant.
—Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 12 June 2020
Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
The family lives in a rented brownstone in Brooklyn, in which rooms are let to subtenants.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.
—Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
In a complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court, lawyers for Murkelley LLC accused Mission Housing Development Corporation of leaving 5524 Mission Street while its subtenants were still living in the building.
—Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
Gregory Marconi, Rob Stillwell of Newmark Knight Frank represented the subtenant.
—Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 12 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtenant
Noun
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The State Land Board closely monitors drought conditions and manages grazing on a case-by-case basis in coordination with lessees, spokeswoman Emily Barbo said in email.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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In ’93, that right was expanded to any willing lessee, willing lessor.—
George Ochenski,
Washington Post,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The lobby and tenant amenity areas were upgraded in 2019, according to real estate tracker CoStar, which lists the property as more than half vacant.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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When Lind offered to let Danielson live on the Robert Gray with him and another tenant, a gardener who worked in San Francisco, Danielson jumped at the chance, and remained there for most of 2018.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Phantom Ranch lodgers, including the hiker, were evacuated by helicopter due to the hazardous gas.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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“Subtenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtenant. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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