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Recent Examples of ownerLater that day, Sunshine Farm's owner, Debbie Marland, confirmed in a phone call with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the kangaroo had made it home.—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 28 Mar. 2026 Some 450,000 owner-operators currently haul long-distance freight by the truckload, estimates Stephen Burks, a former truck driver and economist at the University of Minnesota Morris who researches the industry.—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026 An investigation found that Michael Albright and Heather Dunlap were the owners and had previously been evicted from the home.—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Tax benefits would have stayed with the new owner upon the transfer of a property.—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for owner
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proprietor
Noun
The compliance checks are intended to ensure that proprietors and their employees are properly asking for identification before making the sale.
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Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Without the same ties to the landscape and community, these proprietors might lack the know-how of tending to the land and its best interests at heart.