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 From 2022 to 2025, companies tied to the data center ecosystem leased more than 9 million square feet of floor space in metro Atlanta, the equivalent of six Lenox Square malls, according to real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Reifenberg has leased space for an additional branch of his Scum & Villany bar and restaurant on Palm Avenue under the AMC Burbank 30, the busiest theater complex in AMC’s chain. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026 Residents said that the rule has been followed in previous years, but this year, the property was not leased. — Tran Chau, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026 Later that year, the company leased its first major facility, a 155,000-square-foot building in Irvine, California. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026 Castlelake is a major lender to airlines and has leased airplanes to ‌about 200 carriers. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 Lawsuits from creditors left Cohn’s assets untouched because his houses, Rolls-Royce, plane, and yacht were leased or held in the name of shell companies. — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Authorities said the helicopters were leased by the Hellenic Fire Service. — Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 Vehicles cannot be rented or leased for human habitation on public streets. — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

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Travelers either checked into traditional hotels, often located away from their cars, rented rooms in private homes, pitched tents at roadside auto camps, or simply slept in their vehicles.

— Dana Sauchelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
The writers rented a house in Ojai, California, to go on retreat hash it out.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

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The group, which oversees competitive swimming from the youth to Olympic level, hired former University of Delaware athletics director Chrissi Rawak as CEO in February 2025.

— Matt Moret, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Yet, to Alice’s great frustration, she has not been hired as the team’s head coach, watching instead as the job went to Ted.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026

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