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Recent Examples of slumlord
The Blue Bloods and Sopranos vet will recur in Paramount+ With Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection as Vinny, a greedy slumlord, our sister site Variety reports.
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Mar. 2025
The show shares its title with a recent biopic starring Sebastian Stan that depicts the president as a slumlord, rising to real estate mogul status with the use of ruthless strategy, impressed on him by closeted gay lawyer Roy Cohn.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Victor finds work as a rent collector for a Jewish slumlord, Peter Feldman, the aforementioned Holocaust survivor.
—Zachary Lazar, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
For New Yorkers like my mother who call public housing home, Trump left them behind — like a slumlord abandoning his tenants.
—Ritchie Torres, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Mar. 2025
The show shares its title with a recent biopic starring Sebastian Stan that depicts the president as a slumlord, rising to real estate mogul status with the use of ruthless strategy, impressed on him by closeted gay lawyer Roy Cohn.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Victor finds work as a rent collector for a Jewish slumlord, Peter Feldman, the aforementioned Holocaust survivor.
—Zachary Lazar, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
For New Yorkers like my mother who call public housing home, Trump left them behind — like a slumlord abandoning his tenants.
—Ritchie Torres, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumlord
Noun
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And that’s a goal both tenants and landlords can get behind.—
Nick Kasmik,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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Other board members encouraged Wilcox to touch base with the landlord about making gated parking spaces available for customer use or advocating for more space.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
Noun
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In his letter to Nessel, Runestad pointed to a recent criminal case involving an employee of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
23 July 2025
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Mayes wrote a letter last year to the BIA and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of the Interior, asking officials to fund crucial grid reliability updates as soon as possible and provide cooling centers and ice giveaways during power disruptions, among other actions.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Deliveries are a crucial bellwether of financial health, as the bulk of payment for the aircraft from airline or lessor customers occurs at delivery.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Esports company Savvy Games, aircraft lessor AviLease, telecom firm STC, and mining giant Ma’aden, as well as dividend earnings from Saudi National Bank, helped boost 2024 revenues 25%.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
2 July 2025
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Massachusetts is on the cusp of delivering a long-overdue win for renters.—
Lydia Edwards,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2025
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That means friendlier leasing teams, quicker problem-solving and a better overall experience for renters.—
Tyler Christiansen,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The purchase, from landowner Robert Weber last month, was partly financed by a grant from the Yale Divinity School.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources credits the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Ohio zoos, wildlife rehabilitation facilities, concerned landowners and conservationists for repopulating the species.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
5 July 2025
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“Slumlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumlord. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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