sublet

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Recent Examples of sublet The fraudsters often use the apartments to commit crimes, or illegally sublet them, pocketing the cash, property managers say. Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024 Carter was subletting a basement room from Arvidson to use as a recording studio, KARE reported. Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2024 The agreement approved by the board gives UConn the option of subletting units to the public if they are not all rented by students, according to the memorandum. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2024 After spending the height of the COVID-19 pandemic alone in her tiny Manhattan apartment, author Glynnis MacNicol jumped at the opportunity to sublet her friend’s Paris home in August 2021. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for sublet 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sublet
Verb
  • Spencer’s wife, Jenna, saw that Designers View was subleasing part of its space on Lankershim Boulevard.
    James Bartlett, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Monday, San Diego City Councilmembers voted 8-1 to sublease the building at 7650 Mission Valley Road from Wawanesa General Insurance Company Inc. for a term of four years and four months, ending September 2028.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
Verb
  • When two Black students attempted to rent a Bridgeport apartment, Daley let his neighbors run them out.
    Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The one bedroom, one bathroom home, sold a few years ago for close to $2 million and rented for $14,000 a month, Fox 11 LA reported, citing online data.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For properties that had been leased or listed in the previous year, landlords are barred from hiking rents by more than 10%.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The off-price retailer leased 23,700 square feet of space at 1030 South White Rd.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Detailed policy and hiring programs had been negotiated and assembled.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Around 58% of hiring managers said recent college graduates are unprepared for the workforce, according to a December survey from Intelligent, an online magazine focused on higher education.
    Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025

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