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Instead, the Quebec Act, which the British Parliament passed in 1774, forged an alliance between the British Crown, Catholic priests, and wealthy landowners on the eve of the revolution.—Lawrence B.a. Hatter / Made By History, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025 The members of his family who were taken in the dark of night were wealthy landowners in the area and were never heard from again.—Willie J. Allen Jr., Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025 Populism has pressed the claims of the less powerful against those of the landowners, the financiers, the industrialists and other species of elite.—Ron Elving, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025 Required on the application: the names of all adjacent landowners; disclosure if the applicant donated money to a county official; design of barns; their distance from neighboring homes and other buildings; and the farm’s waste management plan.—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for landowner
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