tenanted

verb

past tense of tenant
as in leased

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenanted
  1. leased
  2. rented
  3. occupied
Verb
  • Thinking Machines Lab and Cohere opened their first New York offices this year, and Anthropic leased a 16-story Hudson Square building.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Hearings revealed that Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall had secretly leased federal oil reserves in Wyoming to two private corporations and had received personal loans and gifts from the companies in return.
    — Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of leased
Verb
  • Michael Khouw’s brother operates a bulldozer rented from United Rentals in late October 2026.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But now the mistress had rented the place and would be living there.
    — Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of rented
Verb
  • Engineers can also adjust channel width to balance performance, power consumption, and the space occupied by a device.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Josie’s, the creation of two San Diego restaurateurs who already have four other dining venues in San Diego, has landed in the Hub Hillcrest Market space formerly occupied by Panera Bread.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of occupied
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“Tenanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenanted. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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