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proprietor

[pruh-prahy-i-ter] / prəˈpraɪ ɪ tər /


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In January 2025, the cafe was fined £18,000 and its proprietor Baris Yucel was given 100 hours of community service after admitting six criminal charges related to the Food Safety Act.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

However, there are other risks associated with being a sole proprietor that should be considered.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

For Joshua Pollack, the New Jersey-born proprietor of Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen in Denver, making an authentic New York bagel starts with producing authentic New York water, which many consider essential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

"We are suffering a lot," said Kishor Dulera, a tile unit proprietor who closed this factory and two others in early March, sending hundreds of workers home.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

The proprietor, whose name wasn’t Sam but Ralph, had served ten years in the U.S.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The change would be even harder for landscapers who work as sole proprietors, with a single vehicle and limited space for charging and storing equipment.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

My grandmother, who was a friend of the proprietors of the fish market, got me the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Bucket shop patrons were positioned heavily for Amalgamated to rise, so the proprietors shorted the stock “to establish as low a quotation as possible,” the Journal wrote.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Its proprietors wear bedazzled cowboy hats, which cast a shadow on their all-white uniforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

The Lincolns had given the Fords enough advance notice for the proprietors to decorate and join together the two theater boxes—seven and eight—that, by removal of a partition, formed the president’s box at the theater.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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