tenanting

verb

present participle of tenant
as in leasing

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  1. leasing
  2. renting
  3. occupying
  4. inhabiting
Verb
  • For comparison, SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy vehicles — the only rockets that have flown out of Pad 39A since SpaceX started leasing it from NASA in 2014 — are both about 230 feet (70 m) tall.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Although restaurant management did not respond to a request from The Sacramento Bee for comment, Kelly Rule, senior vice president of leasing for Pappas Investments told The Bee the restaurant chose not to renew its lease.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of leasing
Verb
  • Many Americans are going to be renting for the rest of their lives.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • And for many, renting is less a preference than a financial reality.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of renting
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  • Work to address the track-circuit issue — in which the signal system erroneously reports a train occupying a section of track — was underway.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After occupying fashion and media conversations since its release on Monday, the inaugural men’s style issue of New York Magazine was toasted properly on Tuesday evening with a celebratory dinner.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupying
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  • Marvel unveiled the first trailer at D23 in August, introducing Vision’s existential crisis and the primary characters inhabiting his interior mindscape.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That number has since grown to more than 100,000, and new species of insects, birds and small mammals have started inhabiting the land, according to a update on May’s website marking the 10-year anniversary.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhabiting
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“Tenanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenanting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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