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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

A friend will sublet my apartment starting in October.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 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

At one point, he sublet his bedroom in his Brooklyn apartment to a stranger to cover the cost of rent — something to which Alejandro also resorts in “Problemista.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2024

"Her parents are in London for one year due to my daughter's stage career, and they've sublet their Manhattan apartment. So Anu will be coming to stay with me."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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

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

With the help of friends, Mr. Gallant found a series of short-term sublets.

From New York Times Aug. 4, 2017

He does not take the rooms of the Inn direct, but as we do, from one who has several sets on a long lease, and sublets the rooms.

From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant

I’m subletting my apartment in Boulder, Colo., for one year while I’m living in San Diego.

From MarketWatch Dec. 11, 2025

One of the men told us they were subletting and admitted there was no HMO licence - as the local authority register confirmed.

From BBC Aug. 1, 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

Neither the subletting nor the storage of flammable materials was legal under the Caltrans lease, but the agency failed time and again to enforce it own rules, the report found.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2024

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

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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