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lease

[lees] / lis /
VERB
rent object, residence
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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I don’t lease and keep my vehicles for at least 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Fermi announces a $6.5 billion lease contract with AI cloud provider TensorWave.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The lease will be up in November, when Mastrangelo will try to re-enter the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

After announcing its permanent closure at the end of July, Crustacean in Beverly Hills has secured a lease extension that will allow the restaurant to keep serving diners through Oct.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

“The ranch has got a lease to run.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Santa Clarita Studios President Mike DeLorenzo said that this fall, the studio will let go of leases on three of its 35-plus soundstages.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

AI labs including OpenAI and Anthropic have signed leases for more than 10 gigawatts of behind-the-meter power.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

For the most recent quarter, Microsoft spent $41 billion on capital expenditures and finance leases, a lower amount than expected.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

According to the authority, a Home Office contractor, Serco, is taking on leases in the area on the open market to accommodate asylum seekers.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The barons came for the auction of Osage leases, an event that was held about four times a year and that was overseen by the Department of the Interior.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

UWM’s headquarters campus is leased from entities controlled by Ishbia and his father.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

And a court heard when Sodexo took over, and when staff in the safer custody team arrived, they found some computers in their office had been taken, as they were leased by Serco.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Reifenberg has leased space for an additional branch of his Scum & Villany bar and restaurant on Palm Avenue under the AMC Burbank 30, the busiest theater complex in AMC’s chain.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

The helicopters were leased from Australia's McDermott Aviation as part of a fleet of 15 aircraft.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

It stands there in the center while the rest of the vast, empty plate looks though it's been leased out as a possible parking lot.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The companies’ business model has been like catnip to investors because unlike drilling for oil, which requires huge upfront investments, leasing land is capital light.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Power showed that 96% of polled EV owners say they would consider purchasing or leasing another—but that outcome is contingent on having options in the EV market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

This week the company also launched Apple Upgrade, a leasing program that lets US customers pay for an iPhone or other devices in monthly installments.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Eligibility is open to all Californians buying or leasing their first EV — this is confirmed through a buyer’s attestation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Money would come in—and with it, food—on the rare occasion that Dad landed an odd job or Mom received a check from the oil company leasing the drilling rights on her land in Texas.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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