proprietor
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In January 2025, the cafe was fined £18,000 and its proprietor Baris Yucel was given 100 hours of community service after admitting six criminal charges related to the Food Safety Act.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“It’s the same as the ingredients that built the Israelis,” said Eyal Shani, the Israeli chef and Miznon’s proprietor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
A sole proprietor earning $60,000, for example, may be able to contribute as both employee and employer, plus make an age 50 catch-up contribution.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
A furniture store proprietor in Inglewood laid off his employees after the immigration enforcement surge last summer and says he now works twice as hard to earn half as much as he did before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Here’s why Merle Hodge was now the proprietor and sole employee of Merle’s Famous Lazarus Boat Tours: He was the previous proprietor and sole employee of Merle’s Famous Fisherman Tours.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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The change would be even harder for landscapers who work as sole proprietors, with a single vehicle and limited space for charging and storing equipment.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
As early as 1852 there was a restaurant at the summit and the proprietors were serving about a hundred meals a day.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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