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lease

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


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While the trial was under way, SpaceX announced a deal to lease computing power to OpenAI’s fiercest rival, Anthropic, which had found itself constrained after its Claude Code product took off.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Concerns about the company's future first emerged in November, when its lease was due to expire.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The Build Back Pali grant — which was contingent on Blanck signing a lease in the Palisades — covered his deposit and several months of rent, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

If she is on Medicare/SSDI, you could buy her a home with your own funds and either lease it to her and/or allow her to live in it as a life estate.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

About finding out that a proposal by Wilfrido to take over the restaurant’s lease had been submitted to the city.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya




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