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proprietor

[pruh-prahy-i-ter] / prəˈpraɪ ɪ tər /


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The restaurant's proprietor Ricky McMenemy, who has worked there for 35 years, will become a commercial tenant of the conservation charity.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Word quickly spread around Poultney as locals started googling the new proprietor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

However, there are other risks associated with being a sole proprietor that should be considered.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

There’s Harley Russell, ribald proprietor and performer at the Sandhills Curiosity Shop in Erick, Okla. There’s Fran Houser, the late, widely beloved proprietor of the Midpoint Cafe in Adrian, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Red’s was the only colored saloon in the town proper; the proprietor got a break on the rent for a watchful eye.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

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

To keep costs low, the couple looks for contractors who are sole proprietors and don’t have to cover the overhead of a big company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

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

The Lincolns had given the Fords enough advance notice for the proprietors to decorate and join together the two theater boxes—seven and eight—that, by removal of a partition, formed the president’s box at the theater.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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