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lease

[lees] / lis /
VERB
rent object, residence
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Oracle is trying to delay making full lease payments on a huge data-center facility in New Mexico amid power and permitting issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Samms is mentally exhausted by not knowing whether he will be able to afford the new rate every time his lease is up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Utility-scale projects like Nevada’s Mosey Solar Project and the Purple Sage Energy Center bring a number of construction jobs and lease payments to rural communities that need both.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Measure LA would change the way public works are administered in Los Angeles, allow the city to lease its underused land to tenants and open the door to greater city involvement in business enterprises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The ranch has got a lease to run.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The company has asked the state to return the leases given to Cleveland-Cliffs and is suing Cliffs for alleged antitrust violations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

BF Hicks, a local lawyer whose family has owned land in the county since the 1800s, says he watched neighbours sign 30-year leases with solar companies and bulldozers clear centuries-old oak trees near his property.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

And now that capacity is finding a new use, as Lumen leases capacity to hyperscalers for AI training.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

"The leases, debt and power commitments remain even if expected compute demand and revenue growth slow," Ozkardeskaya said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

When an auction for Osage oil leases was held in Tulsa in 2012, three leases sold for less than $15,000 in total.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

The family of prominent railroad and oil tycoon Daniel Murphy donated it after his death and the Church leased it to oil developers beginning in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Those using leased carriers or independent trucks, which add their own fuel surcharges, are trying to get as close to a truckload as they can or limit smaller orders, she added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

SpaceX first leased a rocket engine-testing facility in McGregor, Texas, in 2003, taking over an old test site from the defunct Beal Aerospace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The trains will be bought by Rock Rail and leased to TransPennine Express, the government added.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

He sold and leased dry-cleaning machines and commercial washers and dryers, only high-end equipment.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Wall Street had been speculating whether Meta would begin leasing out its data-center capacity as a way of monetizing its AI infrastructure in a highly profitable manner.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The director would be able to manage public works projects, including construction, buying or leasing property, exercising eminent domain with City Council approval, granting street permits, regulating parking and recommending budgets for the department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Russian businesses are leasing air-defense systems, building their own and hiring gunners to shoot down incoming drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The leasing agents didn’t respond to my requests for comment.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

The reaction would begin—speeding neutrons would hit uranium atoms, which would split, re- leasing energy and more neutrons.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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