lent
Example Sentences
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Some funds have also lent heavily to software makers threatened by artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The Hormuz closure has only lent greater significance to the Red Sea, the only other maritime route for oil shipments from global heavyweight Saudi Arabia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Rather than convert their mountain of trade-surplus dollars into yen, which would have driven the yen higher still, they lent the dollars back to the country they had earned them from.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The setlist lent heavily on tracks from the album, including Some Might Say and Champagne Supernova.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The ripeness of the harvest piled around the mud houses and lent life and color to the songs of the women.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
