landholder

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Recent Examples of landholder These laws preserved large landholders’ power and profit margins by fixing property tax assessments and rates at ridiculously low levels and removing local authorities’ ability to change them. Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024 In Latest 2 Surveys—As Most Polls Show Razor-Thin Race iPhone 17 Pro Max Design Upgrade: New Look Predicted In Latest Leak Third, revenue to the state and to private landholders would decline. Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 The company gives free technical support and training to small landholders, and in partnership with other companies, also employs its own firefighters. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024 The Ocean View School District is the largest landholder and provider of open green space in northwest Orange County, covering over 315 acres. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for landholder
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landowner
Noun
  • When the skull was found back in June, the landowner reported the remains to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, the coroner's office said.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lady Margaret Hoby was a landowner and heiress who, during the early 1600s, was running her estate and the family business in Yorkshire in the frequent absence of her husband on parish and judicial business.
    Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Landholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landholder. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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