tenanted

past tense of tenant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenanted
Verb
  • It had been once used as a vault facility by Capitol Records and, in the 2000s, Playboy had leased the complex for its TV group, with Hugh Hefner said to keep an office on the campus.
    Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
  • Developer Sreenivas Geesala said the space has not been leased out.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • In recent years, the principal has rented out the South Side high school’s campus to churches, nonprofits and sports leagues, and leaned on a new parent group to drum up donations.
    Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • In the mid-two-thousands, Whitehead periodically rented the house from an aunt, hosting friends on nostalgic trips that spurred him to write about the place.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • But the location of his grave was lost once British troops retook the city in late 1778 and occupied it through the war’s end, camping in the cemetery.
    Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • Dying was such a momentous thing to do, and while Matthew, their dear friend, their cousin-brother, had been off doing it, the women had occupied themselves with such frivolities as cleaning and heat.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026
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“Tenanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenanted. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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