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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack-rent
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Lori also served as the executive director at the North Idaho Housing Coalition, a nonprofit organization that renovated homes to rent or sell to low-income families.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
6 July 2025 -
However, for convenience and comfort, your best bet is to rent a car.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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To produce these communications, the House also hired a video producer at $115,000 a year, according to public records.—
Mary Jo Pitzl,
AZCentral.com,
13 July 2025
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The Sisters of Bon Secours – the nuns who ran the home from 1925 to 1961 – hired a consulting company that denied a mass grave altogether, saying there was no evidence children had been buried there.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
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Will the dozens of new opportunities to lease federal land for energy production lead to even more drilling and mining? Unable to view our graphics?—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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What the buildings will be used for Cincinnati Children's will use part of its building to open a new pediatric primary care office, staffed by 21 employees, and lease the rest of the building out to other companies.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
The Enquirer,
10 July 2025
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The paperwork was submitted, and the Roberto Clemente Little League was chartered.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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After the one-day voyage, Green said they were supposed to board one of the four jets chartered by Gov. Ron DeSantis that returned around 1,500 Jewish Americans to the U.S., but those plans fell through.—
Kairi Lowery,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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“Rack-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack-rent. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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