proprietor
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However, there are other risks associated with being a sole proprietor that should be considered.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
From a technical standpoint, Brent rising to $200 or even $240 a barrel is “becoming more likely,” Andrew Addison, proprietor of the Institutional View research service said in a note Sunday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
An affable, hyper-knowledgeable proprietor in his early 30s, Richardson repairs and resells analog music technology from the 1980s or earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
One person moved by the tale was Morris Michtom, the proprietor of a Brooklyn, N.Y., candy store and newsstand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
When we arrived it was quite empty, except for a policeman sitting near the door, the wife of the proprietor back of the zinc bar, and the proprietor himself.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
This should lead to, among other thing, higher after-tax earnings for sole proprietors and small firms; stronger loan demand for community banks; and better exit economics for early stage investors, SocGen reckons.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025
Once upon a time, western icon John Wayne would swing by and always sit in the same booth tucked in the back, according to the proprietors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
The food was elegant and expensive, and the aisles were overflowing with great streams of flushed and merry proprietors, all stout and balding.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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