Thesaurus results for LEASED

leased

verb

past tense of lease

as in rented

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected

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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 Records show the house, completed in 2022 and situated on a hillside parcel close to half an acre, was made available for rent at least twice between August 2025 and March 2026 but was never leased. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026 The other four would be leased at levels targeted to people making 60% of the median income. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026 Broadway producer Zev Buffman leased it for several years before buying it in 1966, only to sell it to actor Eddie Bracken four years later. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Before Reitman, Regency Theatres leased and operated both Westwood locations from 2010 until closing them together in July 2024. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 Roughly one-third of the center’s businesses are new, and according to Caruso, 99% of the complex is leased. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 The West Stockton Boulevard property is leased to Kaiser Permanente. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The other is on small farms where CRP grass fields have been leased by the State for public hunting. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026 The business also recently leased space in Ohio, its largest market by the number of homes, and has several employees in Atlanta, Georgia. — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026

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Her late parents, Richard and Doris Denney, rented a houseboat for their Bullfrog, Utah, family and explored the waters several times a year.

— Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
On my mini moon in Cancun, my husband and I rented a car and ventured to see nearby Mayan ruins.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026

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In December, Nvidia bought assets from the AI chip startup for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record and hired Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and a group of engineers.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
The spike in arrests comes as the agency, infused with billions of dollars last summer by Congress, has also hired 12,000 new deportation officers and investigative agents.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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