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landlord

[land-lawrd] / ˈlændˌlɔrd /


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She’s thinking of buying a window unit for next year, but she’s not sure her landlord will approve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

When he leaves, the landlord resets the rent to market value with new renovations, and the new tenant gets the same protections as the previous tenant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Fillol said her landlord refused to make repairs, telling her and the other tenants they would struggle to find affordable alternatives.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The only person who saw her those two days was her landlord.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Only Tom the landlord, wizened and toothless, remained of the old crowd.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Enforcement will begin in January 2027, but landlords can ask for an extension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

In fact, landlords preferred to rent to Haitians who were willing to pay higher prices, and even withdrew 200 properties from a federal housing-voucher program for low-income families.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

“If landlords start to restrict portable solar in California, we’ll simply have to go back to the Legislature and expand the state’s Solar Rights Act,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Wilson says students also benefit from wider changes in the act, which bans landlords in England from evicting tenants without a reason.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Along the way, he built schools and almshouses, new roads and bridges, and even founded whole new towns, establishing himself as one of the most enlightened of the English landlords in Ireland at the time.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin


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