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Recent Examples of slumlord
When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumlord
Noun
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Some rent reporting services require your landlord or property manager to verify payments, while others allow renters to self-report by submitting bank statements or other proof.—
Layla Melendez,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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California law says any fee charged by a landlord with the purpose to protect a landlord against damage to a property, such as a pet deposit, should be treated legally as a refundable security deposit.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The appeal, made in a letter Monday, comes ahead of the November 6 annual meeting as the board faces mounting criticism over governance and its independence from Musk’s influence.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The press release included a photograph of Morales Reyes and a segment of one of the letters, days after investigators concluded Morales Reyes almost certainly did not write it, since Morales Reyes does not fluently speak or write in English.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In a wet lease, the lessor is responsible for providing the plane as well as the crew, maintenance and insurance.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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This has forced some to reassess lower-performing routes as unprofitable, such as in the case of Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy and has recently been approved $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing and a $150 million injection from one of its aircraft lessors.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some rent reporting services require your landlord or property manager to verify payments, while others allow renters to self-report by submitting bank statements or other proof.—
Layla Melendez,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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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
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City officials announced Friday that a local landowner and utility offered land for the new projects, which will go before the council for approval next week.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … ANCESTRAL ECHOES – 4,270-year-old skull discovered by Indiana landowner sparks investigation, testing.—
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FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Slumlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumlord. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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