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proprietor
Noun
The compliance checks are intended to ensure that proprietors and their employees are properly asking for identification before making the sale.
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Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Without the same ties to the landscape and community, these proprietors might lack the know-how of tending to the land and its best interests at heart.