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sublease

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as in to lease

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Recent Examples of sublease Nektar Therapeutics, which is credited with helping to usher in Mission Bay’s biotech boom, has been seeking to sublease its space, the sources said. — Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2025 As a result, the grocery store chain plans to close 36 stores; end agreements with some independent store operators; and terminate or sublease certain leases, including one distribution center facility that is no longer being used. — Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026 The Community Center’s rent, which is currently $65,100 annually, would be reduced because the Community Center would no longer sublease space in the two story brick building. — Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 According to the agency, the property was originally leased to the Florida Department of Children and Families before being subleased to Noor Investments in 1999 under a 35-year agreement. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sublease

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Local first-quarter net absorption, the difference between space leased and vacated, and often a sign of turnover, was a negative 179,000 square feet.

— Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
The district can lease the property, but even then, the tenant can not run any sort of gambling operation on the site.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026

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Their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was also allowed to sublet properties on his former estate, Royal Lodge, for an undisclosed period of time.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 8 June 2026
Some owners who cannot afford to install the proper infrastructure for intensive tourist use have either sold or sublet their syrmata to property managers.

— Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2026

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Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Under basic labor law, MLB could hire temporary workers during a lockout, but that is not going to happen.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026

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