LANDOWNER Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

landowner

noun

Definition of landowner

as in landlord

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Recent Examples of landowner Every landowner and developer must follow zoning, general plans, environmental review and due diligence. — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 There are no closed seasons or bag limits for feral hogs on private property, and a hunting license is not required when hunters have landowner authorization. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 According to the 2025 Land Report 100, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates owns 275,000 acres of land, the 44th most of any American landowner. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 With the landowner’s permission, the drone teams arrived shortly after sunrise to survey both livestock and wildlife on the ranch. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for landowner

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Broadcom paid its former landlord, PRP Real Assets, $325 million for the 660,000-square-foot research campus near the junction of the 5 and 405 freeways in one of the largest office sales in Southern California in recent years.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
As a child in the 1960s, Allie Zemtseff saw how her mother, a Black woman, was turned away by landlords while apartment hunting in white neighborhoods.

— Adrian Florido, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

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Business owners can upload sales reports and ask AI to identify trends, explain declining margins or summarize financial performance.

— Don Markland, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
In a statement shared on Instagram, Macklemore claimed he was dropped from the tour after Robert Kraft — the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium — mounted a pressure campaign against Sheeran.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

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