LANDHOLDER Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

landholder

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Recent Examples of landholder The DeCaLiBron Loop currently skirts the summit of Bross due to landholder concerns that have kept it closed for years. — John Meyer, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025 His great-grandfather had been a slave owner and large landholder; his parents were tenant farmers. — Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 But in numerous cases, landholders were not exactly fat cats. — Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025 Still, enforcement can go only so far with the smaller landholders and subsistence farmers who are responsible for an increasingly large share of the remaining deforestation. — Jeff Tollefson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013 See All Example Sentences for landholder

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In 2022, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a discharge permit to Fort Worth after reaching a deal with the city, the Tarrant Regional Water District, and a private landowner on the banks of Mary’s Creek.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
The landowner can then donate those foregone development rights or sell them at a discount to a land trust, government agency or another qualified group.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 23 July 2026

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