Thesaurus results for RENTED

rented

verb

past tense of rent

as in leased

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment we rented the apartment to a college student for $500 a month

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as in hired

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum will need to rent a car while we're in Europe

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Recent Examples of rented Meanwhile, Hegarty's Hollywood home is currently being rented out. — Joan Murray, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Nothing says luxury wellness quite like taking a HIIT circuit class in an industrial art studio rented by the hour for a corporate team-building retreat. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 The opinion from then-Texas Attorney General John Cornyn delves into how homestead exemptions apply to a home that is being fully or partially rented out. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026 Two GoFundMe fundraisers collected nearly $30,000, and Banda rented her late sister’s house while putting her own in forbearance. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Two GoFundMe fundraisers raised nearly $30,000 and Banda rented her late sister’s house while putting her own in forbearance. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 The property features only three suites and can be rented out as a family or friend holiday house. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026 Three months later the McCanns were named suspects after Madeleine’s DNA was reportedly found in a car the couple had rented a few weeks after her disappearance. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026 Still, the 80,000 number is significant because AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are estimated to have rented access to around the same number of cell towers across the US. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026

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The stadium would be leased to the Chiefs for $7 million a year.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
So when a new local food truck quickly leased the lot, solo style, promise refilled the air.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026

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Jennifer Shuford, who had been Texas’s health commissioner, was part of a team hired to restore confidence in the agency.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors said evidence presented in Hubbs’ trial established that Hubbs had been hired by someone else to break into the home and set it on fire.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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