I can say that one organization I've helped with IT for had a few associated domains for future use. One of them, an eight-letter English word followed by .net,

I can say that one organization I've helped with IT for had a few associated domains for future use. One of them, an eight-letter English word followed by .net, expired accidentally due to personnel changeovers. Someone snagged it and apparently used it for a game server for one year, and after it expired again it's remained unclaimed since. (I advocated for not worrying about it, since said "future use" has never materialized.)