carpeting

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The landlord cannot, for example, claim carpeting to be substantially damaged if it has not been replaced in the past 10 years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

As a child in the late 1970s and early ’80s, I fondly recall grand movie houses with chandeliers, carpeting and upholstered seats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Called bonus depreciation, the tax break applies to purchases such as new carpeting or appliances for owners of rental properties, or new computer equipment or a vehicle for business owners.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

Mrs. Johnson loved it; she was in love with the redwood paneling, the wall-to- wall carpeting, the picture windows fore and aft, the view that the rear window provided—hills, a valley, then sky and ocean.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote