landowner

Example Sentences

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Normally, the cost of clearing illegal sites on private land is met by the landowner.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Sherriff says her team quickly arranged a 15-metre rollback with the landowner, and within weeks the path was open again.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

They no longer manage demolition, but they are the titleholder to publicly-owned land, and are still the largest single landowner in the city of Detroit.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The farmer and landowner has been working with renewables firm Neoen for more than a decade and said he was initially worried the panels would restrict his sheep's grazing.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

We handed most of the potatoes over to the landowner in exchange for our wages, but some we boiled into soup, which we ate every night for dinner.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau