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as in tenants
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken
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as in landlords
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another
left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck
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Recent Examples of renters
What happened next, NBC News learned, has become all too common for prospective renters across the country.
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Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
This plan is great for renters, travelers, students or anyone needing a contract-free home internet option without traditional installation.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
And Mamdani also did significantly better in election districts with more public transit riders, mostly renters, or more public housing projects, while Cuomo did better in districts with more drivers and mostly homeowners.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Mamdani won because middle- and upper-middle-income New Yorkers—many of them renters—delivered his margin, while the very rich mostly stuck with Cuomo and the very poor didn’t consolidate either way.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The company is targeting younger customers who are comfortable in the digital world shopping for car, renters, or home insurance.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Now it’s been 30 years since Roberts bought the place and renters have been in and out of for more than a decade.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2025
Some San Diego renters have reported being charged a separate fee for trash as soon as the city started charging for it.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
That could exacerbate evictions, which, Klocek said, are already rampant in Tarrant County, where roughly four out of every 10 renters face eviction, according to the most recent Center for Transforming Lives figures.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
This plan is great for renters, travelers, students or anyone needing a contract-free home internet option without traditional installation.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
And Mamdani also did significantly better in election districts with more public transit riders, mostly renters, or more public housing projects, while Cuomo did better in districts with more drivers and mostly homeowners.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Mamdani won because middle- and upper-middle-income New Yorkers—many of them renters—delivered his margin, while the very rich mostly stuck with Cuomo and the very poor didn’t consolidate either way.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The company is targeting younger customers who are comfortable in the digital world shopping for car, renters, or home insurance.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Now it’s been 30 years since Roberts bought the place and renters have been in and out of for more than a decade.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2025
Some San Diego renters have reported being charged a separate fee for trash as soon as the city started charging for it.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
That could exacerbate evictions, which, Klocek said, are already rampant in Tarrant County, where roughly four out of every 10 renters face eviction, according to the most recent Center for Transforming Lives figures.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renters
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And in a city that’s 70 percent tenants, where a majority pay one-third of their income to a landlord every month, that means doing something about their rent.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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An American assault would then be remembered mostly for helping Maduro identify the next set of tenants for his torture chambers.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Health care workers have also violated patient confidentiality by disclosing patients’ sexuality and HIV status to family members, friends, neighbors, landlords or employers.—
Robin Lin Miller,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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While people who don't own property won't be taxed, the extra costs could be passed on by landlords to tenants.—
Stephanie Innes,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Renters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renters. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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