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 Paramount is taking over the Bay Theater, the long-shuttered cinema at Palisades Village formerly leased by Netflix, adding to a wave of revivals of dormant movie theaters across Los Angeles. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 The Bay Theater was previously leased by Netflix, which took it over in 2021. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Visa recently leased 300,000 square feet of office space, Barclays just bought its headquarters for £750 million, and Citi is investing more than $1 billion in its European HQ. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Many districts, including Miami-Dade, have leased their buildings out to private schools or other education or childcare enterprises. — Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Built in the early 1910s near Commonwealth Avenue, the property’s rear portion will be leased by Scout Motors and renovated in partnership with a developer for vehicle engineering, research, and development. — Chase Jordan october 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026 The chain’s restaurants were leased back to it under a 25-year master lease, which included 2% annual escalators, extending until the early 2040s, according to the initial deal terms. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 In the credits' most recent form, people who bought or leased a new electric vehicle could earn a federal tax credit worth up to $7,500, which could be stacked on top of state incentives. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 The land for both projects is owned by the university and is being leased to the developers for 99 years. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2026

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Detectives found out Lopez rented a car in Key Largo and drove out of town, Sheriff Rick Ramsay said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Wolf gathered up a group of friends, rented Airbnbs in Big Bear and Joshua Tree, and started drowning herself in Mud.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026

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Alejandro Diaz, whom Xuan hired as an eviction manager for his real estate firm, accused Xuan of trying to break down a tenant’s door in Apple Valley and using a Taser to shock another renter’s dog, according to the civil suit.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
By July, the side project turned into a full-time job when MLB hired Weingardt as a principal product manager to explore changes to its flagship app.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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