tenanting

verb

present participle of tenant
as in leasing

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  1. leasing
  2. renting
  3. occupying
  4. inhabiting
Verb
  • And the railroad that’s leasing the bridge along with miles of track in Middletown said that upgrading the bridge would improve the chances of getting more industrial customers.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sony Pictures and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema are leasing the long-empty theater and plan to reopen it in 2028.
    — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of leasing
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  • Three days before that, Microsoft released its first in-house cybersecurity model, a 5-billion-active-parameter specialist called MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, built because renting general frontier models for defense work was no longer good enough.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That includes, for example, renting out vehicles used to work on power lines or water trucks used for infrastructure projects.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of renting
Verb
  • The ensemble cast brings distinct intensity to their respective roles, each occupying different positions within the film’s power dynamics.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Washburne Harris operated her own gallery, Harris Lieberman, before occupying senior roles at Pace and Marian Goodman.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of occupying
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  • As a result, the bacteria can be very shellfish too, being found in shellfish inhabiting those water.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • No one ever gets stuck inhabiting any of their fun characters, and that’s a real shame.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 July 2026
Definition of inhabiting
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