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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumlords
Noun
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The self-employed and landlords with an income between £30,000 and £50,000 will need to comply from April 2027.—
Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Assembly Bill 1157, introduced last year to further restrict how much landlords can raise the rent each year, failed to get enough votes Tuesday despite being authored by the committee chair, Democratic Assemblymember Ash Kalra of San Jose.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some of the project’s opponents addressed letters to City Council members, apparently in anticipation of an appeal to the city’s governing body.—
Jim Drummond,
Oc Register,
15 Jan. 2026
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In the same collections of letters and other writing that record his intense hatred, there are also plenty of tender comments about his homeland.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In addition to China’s rise as a manufacturing hub for shipbuilding, Chinese lessors are also becoming more involved in managing the commercial aspects of ship operations.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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People who plan to own and occupy the home, for example, are ranked above prospective sellers or lessors.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For a city pursuing housing supply, today’s conditions represent a mixed bag — better for renters, but bad for builders.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
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That figure is about 90% for Pretium’s renters, who otherwise look like the population at large — mostly millennials and Gen X, roughly 40% married, and with incomes actually a fair bit higher than the average.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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