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sublet

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


VERB
farm out
Synonyms


VERB
lease
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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Mastrangelo ultimately found a sublet: She will be spending $2,520 for a bedroom and private bath in a woman’s house in the tony neighborhood of Russian Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Northern California, where she grew up, offers less hectic living, with family nearby and a proper house rather than an illegal basement sublet.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

A retired foster parent, Hassan says he rented his home to a local business owner and allowed him to sublet it to others.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025

Bobby’s first apartment, a furnished sublet he rented for six months, had been ideal: It was downtown, had a bit of a view and a terrace, and he could walk quickly to stores and restaurants.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Positive absorption indicates that more space was leased than was newly built or put on the market through sublets.

From Reuters ● Aug. 1, 2022

She sublets the apartment, and, as is the way of folks with less money, maybe especially queer friends, ends up living there with two other people.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2022

You will make no abatement to Healey, but try and get the farm out of his hands, by any means, before he sublets it and runs away to America.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever

Nicholas Razo, Santa Fe Springs’ assistant city manager, told The Times that the city had raised concerns with the league about subletting and took action after learning the practice was continuing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Nicholas Razo, assistant city manager, said in a phone interview that the city had previously raised concerns with the league about subletting and took action after learning the practice was continuing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Local councils and Airbnb have begun sharing data to identify the illegal subletting of social homes on the short-term rental platform.

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

He was living in Hyde Park, subletting an apartment from a friend.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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