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landowners

  • plural
    of landowner.
    landowner
    noun
    an owner or proprietor of land.

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Clay Rikard, senior vice president of system planning at Southern, said the company has a more than 99% voluntary-agreement rate with landowners and rarely resorts to condemnation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

One of the world's rarest bats could be at risk if ExxonMobil forges ahead with a Papua New Guinea gas project, a law firm working with impacted landowners warned Monday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Two revolutions radically reduced the power of individual landowners to use their land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

At the supervisors’ meeting, Lorraine Pedrotti, who owns property south of Centerville Beach, said the county has done a poor job communicating with nearby landowners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The antiunion coalfields of West Virginia came close to the feudal systems of the Middle Ages, where the lower classes worked for landowners and remained indebted to them for life.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell