LANDOWNER Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

landowner

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as in landlord

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Recent Examples of landowner Stream-access proponents took a similar approach in 2010, after a landowner on the Taylor River strung cables from bank to bank to keep a rafting company from floating down. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026 Cinematographer Byron Garth bought water rights from another landowner through COID a decade ago to irrigate part of the property. — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026 One of the historical laws Hawaii pointed to was an 1865 Louisiana statute, adopted after the Civil War, to prevent anyone from carrying a gun onto a plantation without the landowner’s permission. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 26 June 2026 Mum Bet, who in 1781 sued for her freedom under Massachusetts law and won; and Abraham Peyton Skipwith, who bought his freedom and became the first Black landowner in the Jackson Ward neighborhood of Richmond, Va. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for landowner

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Zeenat’s mother was a respected woman in her clan; both of Zeenat’s sisters had married into a Syed family, and her brother worked for the village head and had authority enough to report directly to the local landlord.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
Someone in the Mamdani administration should look at what happened in the 1970s and ’80s when the city became the largest landlord in the five boroughs.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026

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Among the most significant changes is a new enforcement mechanism allowing the city to impose a $5,000 fine on property owners who fail to comply with city requirements.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 2 July 2026
The wide-ranging ordinance outlined how far away data centers can be built from nearby communities, how much noise the centers can emit and what reports property owners must submit to the city.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026

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