sublease

Definition of subleasenext

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Recent Examples of sublease Whataburger will work with landlords to sublease those properties as well, the company said. Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025 For years, Surf Cup subleased part of the polo grounds for its soccer program. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025 The Community Center’s rent, which is currently $65,100 annually, would be reduced because the Community Center would no longer sublease space in the two story brick building. Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 Nektar Therapeutics, which is credited with helping to usher in Mission Bay’s biotech boom, has been seeking to sublease its space, the sources said. Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sublease
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sublease
Verb
  • When asked why the department can’t lease squad cars or repurpose existing vehicles, an LAPD official admitted that those options hadn’t been explored — which drew an exasperated response from Councilmember Tim McOsker.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly, almost half of the Refinery’s tenants — 25 of the 56 companies leasing space — are linked to AI.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Voros still has her apartment in New York, which she’s been subletting since before the pandemic and hasn’t actually stepped foot in for over six years.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Pied-à-terres, co-purchasing, parents buying for children, guarantors, and gifting are all kosher, as is subletting after two years of ownership.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • His late father, Miguel Oceguera, emigrated from Mexico and rented a cot from a family friend in the basement downstairs in 1973.
    Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • For regular Americans, the stagflation debate is not abstract, showing up in every job search and in every monthly cost from utility bills to rent payments.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Therapist Sherry Gonzalez has kept her fourth-grade son at home, rescheduling work hours, hiring babysitters.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Microsoft, on the hook to provide an operating system for the still-in-development IBM PC 5150, licensed 86-DOS and hired Paterson to continue developing it, later buying the rights to 86-DOS outright.
    Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Sublease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sublease. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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