lent

Example Sentences

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The candidates must also have raised, contributed or lent to their campaigns at least $1 million, based on publicly available data from the California secretary of state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

He also lent his voice to the Christmas Day adaptation of Julia Donaldson's book, Tiddler, and recently became a published children's author.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

China lent Kenya $9.7 billion between 2000 and 2019, according to the Chinese Loans to Africa Database by Boston University, with around half of that going to the railway.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Investors are beginning to worry that a wave of redemptions and feared markdowns in the private-credit space could rebound on the banks that themselves lent money to those lenders.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

My mates at work lent me money and stole fish for my dinner, so that I got re-registered before I starved; but I had heard the lesson.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin