tenanting

verb

present participle of tenant
as in leasing

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  1. leasing
  2. renting
  3. occupying
  4. inhabiting
Verb
  • In exchange for leasing out part of their unlimited bandwidth to others, many get free movie and TV show streaming.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of leasing
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  • If the result doesn’t feel achievable, adjust your date or explore other funding options, like loans, selling assets, lending or renting out assets, or investor funding.
    — Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of renting
Verb
  • The alerts have piled up, with cyclospora occupying much of the attention this year, as the parasitic infection gave explosive diarrhea to people in 48 states.
    — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Ulta shop had expanded to 610 Target stores, each occupying about 1,000 square feet.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of occupying
Verb
  • The VisionQuest trailer suggests that his brother Tommy’s soul is inhabiting the body of Thomas Shepherd, played by Ruaridh Mollica.
    — Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Adding to the potential confusion, there are true plants that live in coastal marine environments, often inhabiting the same ecosystems as seaweeds.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhabiting
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