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as in hired
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead
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Recent Examples of leased
Bell said that when OnStage first started, the theater leased a building at Generations Park (formerly the Bedford Boys Ranch) for $5 a year.
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Weeks earlier, in late May of 2022, Lago and several associates had purchased a storefront directly across the street and then leased it to Location Ventures as a future sales center for roughly $12,400 a month.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Aldermen have effectively leased their authority to unions, which now routinely wield the council’s fealty to exert maximum leverage on Chicago businesses.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Along with its purchases over the years, Google has leased a four-building office campus near the corner of North First Street and Brokaw Road, just a few miles from other North San Jose sites.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Meanwhile, Allen has leased a two-hour nightly comedy block on CBS.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2026
Most of the 35,430 square feet of ACM's office space is also leased, with several long-term commitments, the group said.
—CBS News, 13 May 2026
Leap, which has raised more than $82 million in VC funding, leased the Bombas storefront and designed the cheery interior.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 May 2026
What was leased will be repossessed to recover debt in bankruptcy court.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Weeks earlier, in late May of 2022, Lago and several associates had purchased a storefront directly across the street and then leased it to Location Ventures as a future sales center for roughly $12,400 a month.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Aldermen have effectively leased their authority to unions, which now routinely wield the council’s fealty to exert maximum leverage on Chicago businesses.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Along with its purchases over the years, Google has leased a four-building office campus near the corner of North First Street and Brokaw Road, just a few miles from other North San Jose sites.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Meanwhile, Allen has leased a two-hour nightly comedy block on CBS.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2026
Most of the 35,430 square feet of ACM's office space is also leased, with several long-term commitments, the group said.
—CBS News, 13 May 2026
Leap, which has raised more than $82 million in VC funding, leased the Bombas storefront and designed the cheery interior.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 May 2026
What was leased will be repossessed to recover debt in bankruptcy court.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leased
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Alexander Fitzgibbons, chairman of event planning business Fait Accompli — the planner behind both William and Kate's 2011 nuptials and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 2018 wedding — had previously rented Forest Lodge for about $289,316 annually.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Officers spoke to a witness who rented the apartment where the shooting took place.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Money was not available to support testing and port screenings in Uganda when an outbreak was declared last January, one expert told NPR, and another said a majority of USAID's high-risk outbreak specialists were pushed out of the agency and not re-hired.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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To meet their growth targets, banks hired increasing numbers of women, African Americans, Asian Americans, and white ethnics, all of whom had been excluded from or simply wary about pursuing careers in finance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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“Leased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leased. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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