renter

Example Sentences

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But you are also exchanging housing security for life as a renter.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 19, 2026

Here’s the headline: You are swapping higher monthly costs as a homeowner, notwithstanding the likely appreciation in the value of your property, for lower monthly costs as a renter.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 19, 2026

A longtime renter, she’s in the market for her first ever home, but she needs mortgage rates to drop in order to afford the monthly payments.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

As a longtime renter, I’d grown accustomed to leaving such problems to the maintenance guy at my apartment complex.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

I wondered what the renter was thinking about.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer