as in proprietor
one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership the owner of the building will have to decide whether or not to sell

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Recent Examples of owner The Comcast company has its work cut out to remain relevant in the brave – and brutal – new world of TV, and with its owner spinning off assets, existential questions will be posed in 2025. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025 Camp Lucy was initially established as an outdoor wedding venue before being converted into a unique luxury getaway by owners Kim and Whit Hanks in 2010. Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025 In a news release on Monday, Edward Y. Kim, the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said his office and the owner of Katz’s had settled a lawsuit in which the Justice Department, under an initiative begun 13 years earlier, accused the deli of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025 Toy Story saw a happy-go-lucky cowboy figurine named Woody (Tom Hanks) have his world shaken when his owner Andy (John Morris) received a cool, brand new action figure by the name of Buzz Lightyear. Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for owner 

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“Owner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owner. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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