landowner

Example Sentences

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After years of work with landowners by the charity Butterfly Conservation, the latest survey of silken caterpillar nests has seen huge increases.

From BBC

The opposite flank has disappeared under concrete because real estate speculation is driving many landowners to convert agricultural land into building plots.

From Barron's

Before the Civil War, the county was home to cotton plantation owners where wealthy landowners got rich off the labor of enslaved people.

From Seattle Times

This dynamic has played out all over the country as private landowners and federal agencies protest the rollout of new wires, citing a range of concerns from the plight of endangered species to aesthetic disgust.

From Salon

At first they balked when the quarry’s landowner suggested the couple crowdsource funds to buy the instruments.

From Science Magazine