tenanted

verb

past tense of tenant
as in leased

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  1. leased
  2. rented
  3. occupied
Verb
  • Like Airpark Plaza, the shopping plaza was fully leased when Publix acquired it.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Blacks in the South were routinely imprisoned on petty or trumped-up charges, then leased out to landowners, mining companies, railroads and factories as unpaid labor.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of leased
Verb
  • Most companies run those jobs on servers rented from AWS, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to using it as an office and hosting family for long visits, Donnelly has also rented the ADU out for commercials and photo shoots.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of rented
Verb
  • The 18-story building collapsed Friday in a busy commercial street of the capital Nairobi, trapping construction workers and people reportedly inside shops on the ground and basement floors that had been illegally occupied.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • One in coastal California extends approximately 620 miles long, while several smaller supercolonies occupied surrounding territories.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupied
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“Tenanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenanted. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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