lease
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It said its aggregate initial lease commitment is about $12.3 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Meta initially agreed to lease Hyperion for a four-year term starting in 2029, with options to renew for up to 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
That year, the park service moved to shut down a local oyster farm, whose lease was expiring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Moreno has shown no public interest in a third negotiation with the city, and the Angels’ current stadium lease extends through 2032, with the team having options to extend the lease through 2038.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Sinclair received an exclusive lease to a reserve in Wyoming, which, because of the shape of a sandstone rock near it, was known as Teapot Dome.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Across the companies the Journal analyzed, promises of payments under these uncommenced leases totaled $1.2 trillion in off-balance–sheet obligations, or about four times more than what was disclosed a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Santa Clarita Studios President Mike DeLorenzo said that this fall, the studio will let go of leases on three of its 35-plus soundstages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
AI labs including OpenAI and Anthropic have signed leases for more than 10 gigawatts of behind-the-meter power.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
For the most recent quarter, Microsoft spent $41 billion on capital expenditures and finance leases, a lower amount than expected.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The barons came for the auction of Osage leases, an event that was held about four times a year and that was overseen by the Department of the Interior.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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The mine in Panna's Sarokha village was leased for a meagre sum by Akhilesh Pal and six others two years back, Press Trust of India reported.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But the idea outlined by executives involved is for loans to be backed by Nvidia’s AI hardware that is being bought or leased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
And a court heard when Sodexo took over, and when staff in the safer custody team arrived, they found some computers in their office had been taken, as they were leased by Serco.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Reifenberg has leased space for an additional branch of his Scum & Villany bar and restaurant on Palm Avenue under the AMC Burbank 30, the busiest theater complex in AMC’s chain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Right after Aimee left Bannon’s, my parents leased space at a gym called AIM, which stands for Athletes in Motion.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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A new leasing program for last year’s iPhone 17 implies prices for those devices won’t be reduced when the successor models are released, unlike in years past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
This week the company also launched Apple Upgrade, a leasing program that lets US customers pay for an iPhone or other devices in monthly installments.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Eligibility is open to all Californians buying or leasing their first EV — this is confirmed through a buyer’s attestation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The leasing option could also benefit Apple’s refurbishing program, Feinseth said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Kwang, though, kept pushing, adding to his wholesale stores by eventually leasing plants in North Carolina to assemble in part the machines he sold for the Italian and German manufacturers.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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