as in gives
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 lends
Acting as an easy alternative to trousers, the skirt instantly softens tailoring and lends a more undone, modern feel to suiting.
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Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Dreyer says the nature of the show lends itself to some escape from the stress of everyday life.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
But that answer has less to do with his identity or image than the structure that identity lends Paradise Metal.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Their standing Saturday date at the Union Square Greenmarket lends itself to fresh experimentation.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2026
Curry lends plenty of music-hall verve as the butler, and Warren makes a sizzling Miss Scarlet.
—Kirk Ellis, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Cosmos Daisylike cosmos come in a range of vibrant colors and has ferny foliage that lends an airy appearance to flowerbeds and containers.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
The phrase also lends its name to a landmark 1992 exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles—one that glaringly did not include Black artists.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
The undulating landscape lends itself to scenic horseback riding with outfits like Na’alapa Stables, which carries on the tradition of the paniolo cowboys who have herded cattle in the grassy highlands since the late 1800s.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Dreyer says the nature of the show lends itself to some escape from the stress of everyday life.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
But that answer has less to do with his identity or image than the structure that identity lends Paradise Metal.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Their standing Saturday date at the Union Square Greenmarket lends itself to fresh experimentation.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2026
Curry lends plenty of music-hall verve as the butler, and Warren makes a sizzling Miss Scarlet.
—Kirk Ellis, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Cosmos Daisylike cosmos come in a range of vibrant colors and has ferny foliage that lends an airy appearance to flowerbeds and containers.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
The phrase also lends its name to a landmark 1992 exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles—one that glaringly did not include Black artists.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
The undulating landscape lends itself to scenic horseback riding with outfits like Na’alapa Stables, which carries on the tradition of the paniolo cowboys who have herded cattle in the grassy highlands since the late 1800s.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lends
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Opportunities to attend the Rolling Stone Residency will be available to Rolling Stone Readers as well as for redemption through SkyMiles Experiences, Delta’s platform that gives its loyalty Members access to once-in-a-lifetime experiences.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2026
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The design also gives Reebok a baseline to grow from.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Anne loans it to the other (slender) girls in exchange for bars of soap or clothes coupons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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The firm typically loans money to smaller soccer clubs near the bottom of the table in Europe’s top leagues, as well as some lower on a country’s soccer pyramid.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Lends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lends. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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