as in loaned
to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned
I can lend you my copy of the textbook until the weekend can you lend me five dollars?
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Recent Examples of lent
Chase lent more than his prestige to the Fries trial.
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Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The people that lent me the money really backed me as the investment.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
A couple of years after Toulouse Street—but still before Michael McDonald lent his angelic tones to the group—the Doobie Brothers were rocking harder than ever, drawing on funk and soul influences while also discovering the more sophisticated textures that would define their later sound.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Then hold on a minute, not only is the bulk of the principle and the bulk of the capital lent by Americans to be spent on Americans, but the principle is also likely to be being nibbled away by inflation.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The researchers then teamed up with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi biochemist, Hussain Abdulla, who lent out his laboratory for the marine biologists to run an untargeted analysis to see just what was inside these tissues.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Italian architect Renzo Piano, best known for co-designing the Centre Pompidou, lent his name to the residential development building his firm designed on the site, Le Renzo.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Mick's prior reports lent credence to the report on Soto for some.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
Many of the excursions lent themselves to solo travelers, such as hikes, e-biking or a boat tour of the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, the most famous in Iceland.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The people that lent me the money really backed me as the investment.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
A couple of years after Toulouse Street—but still before Michael McDonald lent his angelic tones to the group—the Doobie Brothers were rocking harder than ever, drawing on funk and soul influences while also discovering the more sophisticated textures that would define their later sound.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Then hold on a minute, not only is the bulk of the principle and the bulk of the capital lent by Americans to be spent on Americans, but the principle is also likely to be being nibbled away by inflation.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The researchers then teamed up with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi biochemist, Hussain Abdulla, who lent out his laboratory for the marine biologists to run an untargeted analysis to see just what was inside these tissues.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Italian architect Renzo Piano, best known for co-designing the Centre Pompidou, lent his name to the residential development building his firm designed on the site, Le Renzo.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Mick's prior reports lent credence to the report on Soto for some.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
Many of the excursions lent themselves to solo travelers, such as hikes, e-biking or a boat tour of the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, the most famous in Iceland.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Lent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lent. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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