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as in treaties
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as in grants
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as in rents
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
charter a boat
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as in enables
British
to give official or legal power to
a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant
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Recent Examples of charters
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2026
Taylor Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The company charters Explorer-class ships, limiting capacity to roughly 180 travelers.
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Malika Bowling,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
The law that charters the Fed allows the president to dismiss policymakers for cause, which is generally interpreted to mean gross professional negligence or malfeasance.
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New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
The airline also charters a Bombardier Global 6000, which seats 13 but is limited to 11 for these flights, and Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, which seats 12 but is limited to 10.
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Nina Ruggiero,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
Shifting charters The warfare isn’t helping the lucrative charter business.
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David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
The industry now builds the rooms, charters the shuttles, and saves the yacht seats.
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Taylor Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The company charters Explorer-class ships, limiting capacity to roughly 180 travelers.
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Malika Bowling,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
The law that charters the Fed allows the president to dismiss policymakers for cause, which is generally interpreted to mean gross professional negligence or malfeasance.
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New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
The airline also charters a Bombardier Global 6000, which seats 13 but is limited to 11 for these flights, and Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, which seats 12 but is limited to 10.
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Nina Ruggiero,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charters
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Congolese authorities withdrew an earlier case in 2001, and the court dismissed a second in 2006 for lack of jurisdiction, finding Rwanda had not signed or had entered reservations to some of the treaties Congo cited, or that other conditions for a case weren't met.
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The exhibition is set to chart the emergence of America through original documents, letters, maps, treaties and acts of Parliament.
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Warren said the freeze would allow time to investigate how IOLTA grants are awarded.
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Using basic academic terminology would place grants at risk of rejection or termination on political grounds.
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Nobody rents emergency capacity at those prices when supply is plentiful.
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Nick Waddell rents a studio apartment in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The goal should be balance and governance that enables speed, quality and measurable results.
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The service enables anyone to show up at a DASH office with a package less than 16 ounces and get it on the next flight out.
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All were standard, one-year Russian military contracts like those signed by foreign recruits from other countries.
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Two-way contracts, which pay half the NBA rookie minimum and do not count toward the salary cap or luxury tax, allow for players to be on their NBA team’s active list for as many as 50 regular-season games with other game action having to come in the G League.
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Exercising the prerogatives of citizenship meant a wearying, lifelong battle to mitigate harm—one that would invariably fail, as the experiences of one generation faded out of living memory and another one picked up the same arguments and same ideas to reconfigure them in new ways.
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But the mother of congressional prerogatives (enshrined in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution) is the power to declare war.
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Exposing city taxpayers to potential liability when CVI hires return to their past ways, which is known to happen, is extraordinarily misguided.
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An organization that hires for potential and then assigns only narrow, low-risk work has not given potential a chance to prove itself.
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The law also empowers local authorities to reduce maximum speed limits from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without conducting a traffic study.
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Prioritizing this consistent operating model enables cost control, risk management, and empowers teams to drive future innovation.
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“Charters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charters. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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