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as in hires
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 leases
Alan Gionet, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
An orthodontist leases the first floor, and John shares the second floor with an insurance agent.
—Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
In addition, the ranch contains extensive lemon and avocado orchards at various locations and leases farmland to various tenants raising crops including broccoli and hemp.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The city also leases about 2,500 square feet of the building to the Petite Madeline Bakery.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
Whataburger leases the property on the southeast side of the intersection from Lineberry Properties.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
Connect Labs leases flexible lab and office space designed to help new companies grow quickly in major fields like life sciences, technology, and energy.
—Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
Real estate investment trust Realty Income primarily leases commercial properties to retail or industrial businesses, Cramer noted.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
Data-center leases from, say, Meta can then be repackaged into a financial instrument that people can buy and sell—a bond, in essence.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
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Denver owns Winter Park, but the city leases it and does not operate the ski area.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for leases
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O'Neil said a local Airbnb manager overseeing dozens of properties recently reached out after seeing a wave of cancellations.—
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Last year, police investigated dozens of shootings believed to be tied to feuds between two rival groups of gambling shack owners, who allegedly operated several illicit casino properties around Oakland.—
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The company also rents 3,088 acres of farmland and 3,163 acres of grazing land in the state.—
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McGhee lives in a three-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom home with a pool and one-car garage that rents for $2,200 USD a month.—
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But the Giants weren’t in a position to roll the dice again after crapping out on the Daboll, Judge and McAdoo hires.—
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Svalinn hires trainers from many different backgrounds — even prioritizing candidates without dog-training experience — so the dogs get used to hearing commands from a variety of voices, says Greene.—
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Russia had been demanding vast tracts of Ukrainian territory in exchange for peace, and on the call Lavrov refused to back down.—
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At the time, Fowler was building large housing tracts in Northern California.—
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The proposal includes demolishing the restaurant building that remains and constructing a one-floor, 229,000-square-foot commercial retail space and additional buildings on six outlot parcels to be added later, according to village reports.—
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French customs has inspected more than 320,000 Shein parcels at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, confirming a report by Le Parisien News.—
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The county commissioners will hold a public hearing on the plan for Comanche Circle, and separately consider putting a temporary pause on these types of big developments.—
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Market watchers will be keeping an eye on the developments in Iran this week after widespread protests were met with a violent crackdown by the Iranian authorities.—
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This year’s lie detector session will take place at Gothenburg – Nordstan from January 16 to 18 and at Olof Palmes plats from January 24 to 26.—
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The two plots of land up for rezoning are near Anglin Circle and Enon Avenue.—
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Many gardeners grow herbs in their garden plots, raised beds, or in containers.—
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“Leases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leases. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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