Thesaurus results for SUBLEASE

sublease

verb

Definition of sublease

as in to lease

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Recent Examples of sublease As a result, the grocery store chain plans to close 36 stores; end agreements with some independent store operators; and terminate or sublease certain leases, including one distribution center facility that is no longer being used. — Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026 Whataburger will work with landlords to sublease those properties as well, the company said. — Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 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

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The technology products and services arm brings in more revenue — around $251 million last year — by selling, leasing or renting Imax technology to theaters.

— Kamaron McNair Juhohn Lee, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
Pellicano from SkyPSI told me that SkyPSI does not manufacture drones but distributes them through a partner, allowing customers to either buy or lease them.

— Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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Their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was also allowed to sublet properties on his former estate, Royal Lodge, for an undisclosed period of time.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 8 June 2026
Some owners who cannot afford to install the proper infrastructure for intensive tourist use have either sold or sublet their syrmata to property managers.

— Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2026

Definition of sublet

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Google and Microsoft were both in talks with Nscale to rent AI computing capacity from the company’s massive data center project in West Virginia — a lease that ultimately went to Anthropic, a person familiar with the matter told Semafor.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Carly keeps taking her new passion further, apparently spending all her tuition money on shooting a music video and renting a venue for a live performance plus merch and catering.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

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Dismissing the general manager who hired Espada doesn’t bode well, but Crane made a clear distinction between the two men during the aftermath.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Scott hired Luca Khouri, a Jamaican artist, to photograph the campaign at the end of March, which was styled by Marika-Ella Ames.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026

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