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lease

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


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SoftBank’s first announced tenant in a new data-center push is OpenAI, which signed a lease with SoftBank for a 1.2-gigawatt facility that could cost around $2 billion a year in rent, based on prevailing rates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The Trump family leased the building in 2012 and opened the Trump International Hotel there in 2016, before selling the lease in 2022.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Unlike offshore wind farms, no lease would be required from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“This is a 180-day lease with 90-day notice mutual cancellation thereafter.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Once, Frank Phillips and Bill Skelly began to fight, rolling on the ground like rabid racoons, while Sinclair nodded at Colonel and walked off triumphantly with the lease.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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