as in to give
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned
I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend can you lend me five dollars?
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Recent Examples of lend
Hadi tells an engaging story, brings complex and surprising characters to life, lends a locale an aesthetic iconography, and renders personal identity inextricable from the forces of history that shaped or deformed it.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Bannon’s politics don’t naturally lend themselves to cross-party coalition building, but AI has scrambled even his sense of the boundaries.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
If your hair is medium to thick in density, a lengthy mane will lend an air of exuberance.
—Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, the shelves themselves didn't lend themselves to this plan.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Bannon’s politics don’t naturally lend themselves to cross-party coalition building, but AI has scrambled even his sense of the boundaries.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
If your hair is medium to thick in density, a lengthy mane will lend an air of exuberance.
—Audrey Noble, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, the shelves themselves didn't lend themselves to this plan.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, Ishii said the council is focused on filling the five Police Accountability Board vacancies and finding Aguilar’s replacement, finalizing the board’s regulations, giving both oversight entities the necessary tools to succeed and restoring belief in the oversight process.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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McVay said the team would give the players time to digest the season and decide what might be next.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The gloves weren’t the first piece of equipment Street loaned to Vonn.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Nachlas also loaned an additional $100,000 to herself, making her total $473,373.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Lend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lend. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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