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Recent Examples of lessorThis has forced some to reassess lower-performing routes as unprofitable, such as in the case of Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy and has recently been approved $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing and a $150 million injection from one of its aircraft lessors.—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025 According to a recent blog post from Lightbourn, Chinese lessor portfolios have approximately $100 billion of shipping assets, accounting for more than 15% of the global ship finance market.—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025 Spirit is also locked in a dispute with aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings over a deal covering 36 Airbus planes due for delivery between 2027 and 2028.—Shivansh Tiwary, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025 People who plan to own and occupy the home, for example, are ranked above prospective sellers or lessors.—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lessor
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landlord
Noun
Others representing landlords said the number of price-gouging complaints had fallen off since April, signaling no need for extended protections.
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Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
Five hundred or so San Diego city employees were assigned to work in offices at 1010 Broadway when the landlord began significant renovations.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026