Examples of lending library in a Sentence
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This innovative structure quickly inspired imitators, and by 1800, there were more than 40 lending libraries throughout the United States.
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Elizabeth Webster, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
For example, e-bike lending libraries let people test-ride e-bikes without ownership.
—Christopher R. Cherry, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
Visit a new lending library in El Monte or catch a mural bike ride in NELA.
🏞️ Want to get more out of your time in L.A.’s great outdoors?
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
Eco Team docents will walk participants through worm bins, grey water systems, innovative compost projects, a tool lending library, a water-wise garden and simple DIY, climate-friendly solutions.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
The couple established a lending library in the post office.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
But the nation’s first lending library did let members borrow science equipment, such as telescopes and air pumps, says Michael Barsanti, its executive director.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2023
Not a bookstore, but an unusual free and independent community lending library run by Julie Rockefeller.
—Betsy Groban, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
First of all, there is the prestige of John Steinbeck’s novel which has had an immense circulation, particularly in the lending library field.
—Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
Elizabeth Webster, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
For example, e-bike lending libraries let people test-ride e-bikes without ownership.
—Christopher R. Cherry, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
Visit a new lending library in El Monte or catch a mural bike ride in NELA.
🏞️ Want to get more out of your time in L.A.’s great outdoors?
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
Eco Team docents will walk participants through worm bins, grey water systems, innovative compost projects, a tool lending library, a water-wise garden and simple DIY, climate-friendly solutions.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
The couple established a lending library in the post office.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
But the nation’s first lending library did let members borrow science equipment, such as telescopes and air pumps, says Michael Barsanti, its executive director.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2023
Not a bookstore, but an unusual free and independent community lending library run by Julie Rockefeller.
—Betsy Groban, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
First of all, there is the prestige of John Steinbeck’s novel which has had an immense circulation, particularly in the lending library field.
—Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1708, in the meaning defined above
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“Lending library.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lending%20library. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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