sublease

Definition of subleasenext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sublease Whataburger will work with landlords to sublease those properties as well, the company said. Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025 For years, Surf Cup subleased part of the polo grounds for its soccer program. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025 The Community Center’s rent, which is currently $65,100 annually, would be reduced because the Community Center would no longer sublease space in the two story brick building. Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 Nektar Therapeutics, which is credited with helping to usher in Mission Bay’s biotech boom, has been seeking to sublease its space, the sources said. Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sublease
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sublease
Verb
  • In the documents, the franchise said there were 10 restaurants whose leases the company planned to reject.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • It’s now owned by the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency who will lease the spot.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Pied-à-terres, co-purchasing, parents buying for children, guarantors, and gifting are all kosher, as is subletting after two years of ownership.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Yet as the stadium owners have essentially sublet the stadium to FIFA during the World Cup, a new license is required.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • With the aid of French citizens, the Nazis looted more than 38,000 private apartments in the capital, and as many as 25,000 empty apartments that had been home to Jewish families were rented to non-Jewish tenants.
    Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
  • California’s elite putting up their nanny or private chef in a backyard pad — or renting them out as Airbnbs — will do little for the economics (or politics) of the housing crunch, but will help around the margins.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The relationship healed after Howard was hired as Michigan’s basketball coach in 2019.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The invader is a skillful art restorer, Lori Butler (Michaela Coel), who’s been hired by Julian’s greedy children, Barnaby (James Corden) and Sallie (Jessica Gunning), to work, or pose, as their father’s new assistant.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Sublease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sublease. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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