sublet
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“When you sublet your judgment about facts and morals to a rigid ideology, you really surrender your ability to make real moral judgments, and also to make real factual judgments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It is suspected nearly 6,000 social homes in England are illegally sublet on short-term rental platforms, according to the Tenancy Fraud Forum, a not-for profit organisation.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
A friend will sublet my apartment starting in October.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was nothing like the aging, rent-controlled apartment she once sublet in Venice, where she often had to cook using a toaster oven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Her mother must have understood, for they didn’t sublet again.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Listings Projects, a classified newsletter featuring sublets in New York City, Los Angeles and others creative hubs , is one of the systems that seems poised to grow.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2023
She was inspired by Sam Farrazaino who established Equinox Studios, converting a 30,000-square-foot former factory to sublets for working artisans in Seattle’s Georgetown in 2006.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
“This guy doesn’t look like he has $15. Look at him! Millions of dollars? He looks like he sublets from Oscar the Grouch.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
Positive absorption indicates that more space was leased than was newly built or put on the market through sublets.
From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2022
So he lets to a gentleman who sublets the flats, you see?
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
However, some campaign groups say tackling illegal subletting will have "very little impact on the acute housing crisis."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
I’m subletting my apartment in Boulder, Colo., for one year while I’m living in San Diego.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
This can protect you whether you’re a homeowner renting out a spare room or a renter subletting from someone else.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2025
“We were just subletting our apartment,” said Ewald, explaining that she expected to return to New York after the Empty Space gig.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
He was living in Hyde Park, subletting an apartment from a friend.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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