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 On Friday, Angels lawyer Stephen Ladsous showed Tarter his X account, which had multiple retweets of derogatory posts about team owner Arte Moreno. Sam Blum, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025 Cortese plays a Greek diner owner who is living with dementia and imagines himself as a late-night talk show host. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025 Roger Stolle, owner of Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art shop, moved here in 2002 with a mission to promote the blues from within. USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 The owners wrote about receiving negative comments and criticism of their plans and decisions made for the Ecorse eatery and the fire. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for owner
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proprietor
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  • Carl Radke Summer House star and Soft Bar proprietor Carl Radke stayed on-brand, running for Release Recovery Foundation.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Back in Gilbert's Olde Salem Magic Shoppe, the proprietor's black cat, Cobweb, is seen climbing onto one of the shelves in the store.
    Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Owner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owner. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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