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as in treaty
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as in grant
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as in to rent
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
charter a boat
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as in to enable
British
to give official or legal power to
a London firm seeking the services of a chartered accountant
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Recent Examples of charter
Christian Edwards, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
The charter movement has attracted some odd political bedfellows.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The greater spike comes presumably as more major retailers that charter their own ships sought to front-load more goods into the U.S. ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The tanker was on a long-term charter with DLA Energy, which manages and distributes petroleum and fuel products.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
The charter movement has attracted some odd political bedfellows.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Jabo and Biggs have talked about chartering a bus to visit a data center to witness noise levels and see how they’re kept.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The greater spike comes presumably as more major retailers that charter their own ships sought to front-load more goods into the U.S. ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for charter
Noun
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The study authors suggest their findings could be helpful to the United Nations’ Minamata Convention on Mercury, an international treaty to protect humans and the environment from the negative effects of the metal.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump threatened earlier this year to levy additional tariffs against Mexico after the country missed the deadline to send over water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande River, stipulated by a 1944 treaty.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
15 Apr. 2025
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This week, a federal antisemitism task force announced a review of Harvard's federal grants and contracts, worth nearly $9 billion, as the university faces an investigation into campus antisemitism, and Princeton University confirmed dozens of its research grants have been halted.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The ready-to-wear award went to Rachel Scott of Diotima, which received a grant and access to a Google mentorship program created in partnership with FTUS.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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In between the time Tillman was killed and her body was discovered, the resort rented the room to guests who did not know the body was in the closet, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told the Miami Herald.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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If the museum later rents out space, licenses its brand or monetizes the new facility in other ways, investors could see a return on their participation.—
Larry Bomback,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Phishing attacks often attempt to get people to share personal information, like Social Security numbers, which enables criminals to access finances.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Archer Aviation Archer's efforts to secure what's called 'Type Certification' from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Midnight could enable the eVTOL company to operate out of major airports.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Apr. 2025
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With 25 competitive categories (their current contract is reported to only allow 23), time constraints for the telecast remain a challenge — especially with ABC, the network partner, currently negotiating a renewal deal that happens to expire at the 100th telecast.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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The stance proved unpopular with the magazine’s publisher, and, after Coplan’s contract went unrenewed, Kozloff made his exit.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 Apr. 2025
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On the other hand, the Goldman analysts put a hold-equivalent neutral rating on Bristol Myers, citing uncertainty on whether the company will successfully be able to fill in the revenue gaps created by losses of patents on key drugs.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
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Inspired by the problem, Walt and Eddie designed the first HVLS fan and went to market in 1998, with the first patent being filed in 1999.—
Tyler Shepherd,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Since hiring French manager Wilfried Nancy in 2023, the Crew have been consistently pleasing to the eye.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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In 2009 — after three years working for Batali, followed by stints as a freelance food writer and an editor at Art Culinaire and Wine Spectator, and less than a year after her son was born — Anthony Bourdain hired her as his assistant.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The settlement would authorize colleges to directly pay athletes via a share up to 22% of the average power conference athletic media, ticket and sponsorship revenue with their athletes, with $20.5 million expected to be the initial annual cap.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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The spending was authorized by Assembly Bill 132, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Charter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charter. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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