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as in tenant
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken
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as in landlord
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another
left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck
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Recent Examples of renter
The math shows 27% of California renters are suffering this extreme financial stress.
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
An additional 9,200 millionaire renters entered the market.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
The three-year pilot project is coming to an end without stable funding or permanent enactment despite its overwhelming success, which, according to an independent study, helped 92% of renters who wanted to avoid an eviction judgment, avoid a formal eviction.
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
An additional 9,200 millionaire renters entered the market.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
The three-year pilot project is coming to an end without stable funding or permanent enactment despite its overwhelming success, which, according to an independent study, helped 92% of renters who wanted to avoid an eviction judgment, avoid a formal eviction.
—Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renter
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The request is for a 10,000-square-foot, $750,000 tenant improvement in an existing 30,000-square-foot warehouse sandwiched between Micron’s campus and Interstate 84 in Southeast Boise.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Sep. 2025
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Many tenants have been there for years, said Rick Kim, whose mother owns Grace Tailoring.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Renter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renter. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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