as in proprietor
one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership the owner of the building will have to decide whether or not to sell

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Recent Examples of owner The raids have also drawn pushback from farm, hotel, and restaurant owners, some of whom have asked the administration to exempt their businesses from the raids. Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 21 June 2025 In May, Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, inked a deal with utility AES Corp to supply 650 megawatts of solar energy in Texas and Kansas. Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 20 June 2025 Second, Ranieri, in his new position as adviser to Roma’s owners, The Friedkin Group, was announcing Gasperini — someone who would have been another outstanding candidate to lead the national team. James Horncastle, New York Times, 20 June 2025 Small business owners seem to be optimistic toward the future, as earnings are rising and inflation is low, although not yet at 2%. Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for owner
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proprietor
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  • This includes in-store snowball tossing, courtesy of proprietor Bob Homer, whose young customers never tire of the practice and whose older ones — some of whom were once younger ones — are grateful to recapture some of those summer vibes.
    Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
  • Both brands are owned by Ray-Ban proprietor EssilorLuxottica.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 18 June 2025

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“Owner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owner. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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