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Recent Examples of loan
Susan Tompor, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The sticking points were the mayor’s push for a $200 million high-interest loan and a commitment to cover a $175 million pension payment for nonteacher school staff.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Reese soon began loaning money to OneTaste, eventually lending the company a million dollars.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The new car loan deduction only applies in 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The sticking points were the mayor’s push for a $200 million high-interest loan and a commitment to cover a $175 million pension payment for nonteacher school staff.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
After his jaded ex (Donzelli) moves to Canada with their two near-adult children in tow, Paul is forced to give up the comfortable family apartment for a crummy studio loaned by a family friend.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Reese soon began loaning money to OneTaste, eventually lending the company a million dollars.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loan
Verb
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Some were faithful copies, while others were reproduced in different colors or fabrics to lend a visual unity to the scene, which is designed to mirror the eerie fairy-tale aesthetic of the fashion film within the film.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Her approach lends it the quality of a folky, vernacular of a theme park.—
Laura Bannister,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The main advances came under Gustavo Alfaro and Sanchez, who many saw as slightly unfortunate to lose his job in the wake of the 2024 Copa America.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Multiple drivers fueling cost surge Some of the increases are due to advances in medical science.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wilkerson was convicted after she was infamously shown stuffing $1,000 in cash bribes into her bra in a photo that was released by the feds.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Spagnuolo is very clear about supposed bribes paid by pharmaceutical companies in the context of purchases by Andis, to the tune of 5 to 8 percent, which were funneled directly into the pockets of the Menems and Karina.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loan. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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