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Recent Examples of loan
Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Britain has been attempting to arrange a loan since 1953, when officials tried to secure an agreement in celebration of Elizabeth II’s coronation.
—Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The left-sided centre-back was immediately loaned back to her previous club, PSV, then broke into the Netherlands team at the start of the season.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 27 June 2025
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Verb
In addition to restarting interest accrual, the Education Department resumed collections on overdue loans in May.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Britain has been attempting to arrange a loan since 1953, when officials tried to secure an agreement in celebration of Elizabeth II’s coronation.
—Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
Noun
Nathaniel Clyne’s contract extension does, though, give more freedom for Palace to loan Kporha out.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The left-sided centre-back was immediately loaned back to her previous club, PSV, then broke into the Netherlands team at the start of the season.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loan
Verb
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Beauty also continues to dominate in this area, with the products lending themselves to live demonstrations.—
Catherine Erdly,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Webb’s observation of the nebula lends unprecedented detail to a region previously observed by other space telescopes, including Hubble, NASA said.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Reservations to use the all-terrain wheelchairs must be made at least four days in advance through Reserve America.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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Looking Ahead: Thinking about this in advance is a wonderful idea and a beautiful sentiment.—
R Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
6 July 2025
Noun
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For instance, Sugihara’s self-discovery occurs after his family pays a bribe to switch their citizenship from North Koreans to South Koreans—just so that his parents can visit Hawai‘i.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
11 July 2025
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By his own admission, the Mexican lawman known as El Diablo — The Devil — supervised a scourge of torture, murder, kidnappings, land grabs and other abuses while amassing a fortune in cartel bribes that bankrolled purchases of homes, cattle and a fleet of buses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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“Loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loan. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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