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sublet

[suhb-let, suhb-let, suhb-let] / sʌbˈlɛt, ˈsʌbˌlɛt, sʌbˈlɛt /


VERB
farm out
Synonyms


VERB
lease
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




Example Sentences

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Mama, Sid and I moved into a sublet and eventually into a 19-room Tudor-style mansion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

On the one hand, you did promise working internet when you agreed to sublet to them.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

Suitable spaces are passed down, sublet, shared in secret.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

About 23% of office space in the United States was vacant or available for sublet at the end of November, according to Avison Young, a real estate services firm, compared with 16% before the pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023

He’d come back to Chicago over his summer break from Harvard, this time skipping the sublet and moving directly into my apartment on Euclid Avenue.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama