proprietor
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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
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
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
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
“Around here,” according to the proprietor of one Garden City hardware store, “locks and bolts are the fastest-going item. Folks ain’t particular what brand they buy; they just want them to hold.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
The owner’s vile crankery doesn’t prevail among New York coffee-shop proprietors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
Now proprietors are going after adults with concepts like Holey Moley and Punch Bowl Social, which combines eating and drinking with nostalgic amusements such as billiards, bowling, darts and arcade games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
There were no pheasant-shooting proprietors then, to see that the undergrowth was thinned, and not one thousandth part of the number of the present-day timber merchants who prune judiciously at the few remaining woods.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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