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as in proprietors
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another
agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month
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Recent Examples of landlords
Smaller investors, those who own between 10 and 1,000 homes, make up 17% of landlords.
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against their landlords.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
The ordinance aims to protect Santa Ana tenants from inflated or unfair rent increases that officials say can be driven by pricing tools, ones that critics argue allow landlords to artificially inflate rental prices, often working in coordination to manipulate competitive market rates.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
In hot rental markets, there isn’t a financial incentive to rent to a voucher holder because landlords can’t jack up rents at will.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Many represented landlords or apartment owner groups and said the rental rate hike limits had gone on for more than a year and should be lifted.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
The biggest chunk of that appears to be smaller mom-and-pop landlords rather than giant corporations.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Forty per cent of these homes, as today’s housing activists in England are apt to repeat, ended up in the hands of private landlords.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Higher costs across the board—including the cost of repairs and wages for repair and maintenance workers—are also likely to meant that landlords would continue passing these expenses along to renters.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against their landlords.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
The ordinance aims to protect Santa Ana tenants from inflated or unfair rent increases that officials say can be driven by pricing tools, ones that critics argue allow landlords to artificially inflate rental prices, often working in coordination to manipulate competitive market rates.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
In hot rental markets, there isn’t a financial incentive to rent to a voucher holder because landlords can’t jack up rents at will.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Many represented landlords or apartment owner groups and said the rental rate hike limits had gone on for more than a year and should be lifted.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
The biggest chunk of that appears to be smaller mom-and-pop landlords rather than giant corporations.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Forty per cent of these homes, as today’s housing activists in England are apt to repeat, ended up in the hands of private landlords.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Higher costs across the board—including the cost of repairs and wages for repair and maintenance workers—are also likely to meant that landlords would continue passing these expenses along to renters.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landlords
Noun
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Christopher Scott and Cody Fitzsimmons, proprietors of Oak Cliff’s Tureen gallery (where Muñoz also recently showed), lent an oversize Easter egg by Matthew Langan-Peck.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Brothers Mitchell Kaczmarek, who died at 81 in 2001, and Edwin Kaczmarek, who died at 87 in 2011, were the last longtime proprietors.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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With Boeing and Airbus struggling to meet airline demand, aircraft values have surged, allowing mid-sized lessors to command premium prices, according to the Irish Times.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Collectively, these orders highlight Embraer’s competitive positioning in the sub-150-seat segment, where airlines and lessors are increasingly focused on fuel efficiency, right-sizing, and network flexibility.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lake and Porter counties have also been asked to adopt a 1% food and beverage tax, and Lake County has been asked to pass a 5% innkeepers tax.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Finally, the innkeepers open the doors of the home to let the pilgrims in.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The dispute led to months of lengthy meetings, a protest resignation and critical public letters from the districts against the village.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Witnesses at the scene gave police two letters of the license plate of the suspect vehicle.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Community solar, in which residents get a discount on their bills for subscribing as a group to small solar arrays nearby, was designed to help low-income residents, apartment dwellers, renters and others who can’t put panels on their own roofs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Among renters, that figure jumps to 87%.—
Mark Dee
March 3,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Landlords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlords. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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