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Recent Examples of landlady
The star of its revues is Sally Bowles, whose complicated relationship with Bradshaw blooms alongside that of his landlady and a neighboring shopkeeper.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Jones, Redgrave, and an unrecognizable Margot Kidder as their dotty landlady bravely expose their vulnerability.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
Round Corner has had a couple of flashes of notoriety over the decades: For a period of time in 1982, Dorothea Puente, the midtown landlady later convicted of killing three people, ran the bar’s kitchen, and one morning in March of 1986, a van crashed through the wall and into the bar.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
They are joined by Pulp Fiction star Maria de Medeiros as the bar’s eccentric landlady who stumbles in on their plotting.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Jones, Redgrave, and an unrecognizable Margot Kidder as their dotty landlady bravely expose their vulnerability.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
Round Corner has had a couple of flashes of notoriety over the decades: For a period of time in 1982, Dorothea Puente, the midtown landlady later convicted of killing three people, ran the bar’s kitchen, and one morning in March of 1986, a van crashed through the wall and into the bar.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
They are joined by Pulp Fiction star Maria de Medeiros as the bar’s eccentric landlady who stumbles in on their plotting.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landlady
Noun
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This strong demand for rental units has brought up prices in university towns, already exacerbated by landlords passing on the higher cost of home-buying to tenants.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Strojan said many former Dosker residents have stayed within LMHA housing, moving to other public developments throughout the city, while others have taken vouchers to live in units owned by private landlords.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The president’s letter raised allegations made by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte that Cook had committed mortgage fraud by claiming two properties as her primary residence.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is a compelling approach, as the lessor traditionally owns residual risk in an automotive lease transaction.—
Hughey Newsome,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Including its backlog, Air Lease is the fifth-largest aircraft lessor, according to a tally by IBA.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The MooresviIle Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a longtime landowner’s request Monday night to build 107 homes, geared to ages 55 and older, on 55 of the acres her family farmed for generations.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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A day would arise in early spring when a fellow landowner would knock on the door and ask after him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This shortage of both for-sale homes and rental units have sent prices up for both buyers and renters.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Done this way, AI frees people up for higher-value work and elevates both the renter and employee experience.—
Tyler Christiansen,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Landlady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlady. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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