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as in tenant
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken
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as in landlord
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another
left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck
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Recent Examples of renter
Californians are facing a property insurance crisis that is impacting homeowners, renters, and small businesses across the state.
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Scott Wiener, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Sean Breuner, the chief executive of luxury rental company Avant Stay, said at each of their properties, renters will interact with products and amenities from 15 to 20 brands — many of them in the fridge — seeking out high-end consumers.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the mayor’s first acts to help renters was to have the city intervene in the bankruptcy case of a large landlord, Pinnacle, which was facing thousands of complaints from tenants across the city.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Scott Wiener, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2026
Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Sean Breuner, the chief executive of luxury rental company Avant Stay, said at each of their properties, renters will interact with products and amenities from 15 to 20 brands — many of them in the fridge — seeking out high-end consumers.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the mayor’s first acts to help renters was to have the city intervene in the bankruptcy case of a large landlord, Pinnacle, which was facing thousands of complaints from tenants across the city.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renter
Noun
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Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat too.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The first tenant already moved in is an empty-nester, Konover said.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The landlord was a local man named Sean Alfortish.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Individually, advocates encourage San Diegans to turn off their outdoor lights at night or put them on a motion-sensor timer, and talk with their landlords or Home Owners Associations about improving lighting around a property.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Renter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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