proprietor
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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
That moment came back to me a couple of weeks ago, thanks to an online post by Josh Marshall, founder and proprietor of the estimable blog talkingpointsmemo.com.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Family and friends were able to support borrowers through new, so-called joint borrower, sole proprietor mortgages.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Clearly, the proprietor of the Secret Garden has not read or watched the news in the last nine months.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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
They play Bertha and Seth Holley, the married proprietors of the boarding house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 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
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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