lease
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The Prologue appealed to buyers who were used to Honda’s fuel-efficient and hybrid cars and wanted to move on from gasoline entirely—and were enticed by its low-cost lease deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
“Ensuring both security and seclusion, this exclusive property presents a distinctive opportunity for the most discerning tenant and is available for lease fully furnished,” the listing adds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Board of Recreation and Parks approved the plan with AltaMed in May, granting it a lease into 2027.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
I’m not a lawyer, but as I understand it, the Onion has reached a deal to lease Infowars’ IP, essentially.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Wilfrido Pipo’s name was on the proposal to lease the property.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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The Dana Point Marina Inn was set to be demolished and replaced by two new hotels on the harbor, though the vote to approve the leases has been postponed to next month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Critics argue that prime government land in the middle of India’s most expensive cities should not be occupied by exclusive clubs that enjoy heavily subsidized leases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Lineage, which leases the space, has said repeatedly that it does not own, operate or maintain the solar panels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Long leases were automatically converted to ownership in 2015.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
In short order, the Salomon Brothers trading floor gave birth to small markets in bonds funded by all sorts of strange stuff: credit card receivables, aircraft leases, auto loans, health club dues.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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However, records indicate that the family had only ever leased the property—which is actually registered to a trust tied to billionaire real estate moguls and former Los Angeles Clippers owners Rochelle and Donald Sterling.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The lawsuit alleges that the leased land is zoned exclusively for agricultural use and that the federal government violated laws requiring state and county notification, as well as procedural steps required before beginning construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Those taking legal action either bought, leased or otherwise acquired a diesel vehicle made by one of the companies, with most living in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
According to Pitchbook analyst Franco Granda, SpaceX has leased out some 73% of the existing capacity at its Colossus I and Colossus II data-center complexes and half of planned capacity to Google and Anthropic.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026
His father’s leased car, described to him by his mother on the telephone last night, is still parked in the visitors’ parking lot.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Tenants that had snatched up excess space during the pandemic dialed back their leasing amid uncertain consumer demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
SpaceX earlier this year acquired Musk's AI start-up xAI, recently renamed SpaceXAI, external and best known for the controversial chatbot Grok, and also started leasing data centre capacity to other tech companies.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
According to the Financial Times, Castlelake is a major player in aircraft leasing, with a fleet of 375 planes rented out to airlines including Etihad, Qantas, Air India Express, Frontier and Viva.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Meta is reportedly also considering getting into the cloud-computing business and leasing out some of the computing power it’s spent hundreds of billions of dollars amassing in the past few years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The tribe soon began leasing areas to more and more white prospectors for exploration.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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