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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
The publication notes that housing costs here are much lower than in other nearby suburbs, both for renters and buyers, with the average home value at $308,416 and monthly rent around $2,205.
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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
Census data shows that nearly 60% of renters in the Greater Miami area are rent burdened.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Dairyland doesn't offer homeowners or renters insurance policies to bundle.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Private property owners can ban the use of weed or any other cannabis product for renters.
—Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
That’s an important consideration whenever renters are looking for a new place to live.
—Julia Hawkins, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2026
Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Jurado also noted about $14 million in Measure ULA funding has been allocated to the ULA Emergency Income Support Program, which provides up to $19,000 in financial assistance to low-income renters living with seniors or people with disabilities.
—City News Service, Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
Before Mamdani spoke, the crowd heard from a city transportation department staffer to hear about Mamdani’s pothole filling blitz; a tenant organizer who praised the mayor’s focus on renters; and a mother who boosted his push to expand child care programs in the city.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
Census data shows that nearly 60% of renters in the Greater Miami area are rent burdened.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Dairyland doesn't offer homeowners or renters insurance policies to bundle.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Private property owners can ban the use of weed or any other cannabis product for renters.
—Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026
That’s an important consideration whenever renters are looking for a new place to live.
—Julia Hawkins, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2026
Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
Jurado also noted about $14 million in Measure ULA funding has been allocated to the ULA Emergency Income Support Program, which provides up to $19,000 in financial assistance to low-income renters living with seniors or people with disabilities.
—City News Service, Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
Before Mamdani spoke, the crowd heard from a city transportation department staffer to hear about Mamdani’s pothole filling blitz; a tenant organizer who praised the mayor’s focus on renters; and a mother who boosted his push to expand child care programs in the city.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renters
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Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat, too.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat too.—
Margie Mason,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tuesday's ordinance, which passed 8-5, would temporarily require landlords to wait 45 days — instead of the customary 30 — before bringing an eviction notice to the renter.—
Aki Nace,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Young and companies have also been hit with hundreds of thousands of dollars in claims for unpaid rent and damages, most recently from landlords in Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, Anaheim and Fountain Valley.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Renters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renters. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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