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Recent Examples of slumlord
The Blue Bloods and Sopranos vet will recur in Paramount+ With Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection as Vinny, a greedy slumlord, our sister site Variety reports.
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Mar. 2025
The show shares its title with a recent biopic starring Sebastian Stan that depicts the president as a slumlord, rising to real estate mogul status with the use of ruthless strategy, impressed on him by closeted gay lawyer Roy Cohn.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Victor finds work as a rent collector for a Jewish slumlord, Peter Feldman, the aforementioned Holocaust survivor.
—Zachary Lazar, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
For New Yorkers like my mother who call public housing home, Trump left them behind — like a slumlord abandoning his tenants.
—Ritchie Torres, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 17 Mar. 2025
The show shares its title with a recent biopic starring Sebastian Stan that depicts the president as a slumlord, rising to real estate mogul status with the use of ruthless strategy, impressed on him by closeted gay lawyer Roy Cohn.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Victor finds work as a rent collector for a Jewish slumlord, Peter Feldman, the aforementioned Holocaust survivor.
—Zachary Lazar, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
For New Yorkers like my mother who call public housing home, Trump left them behind — like a slumlord abandoning his tenants.
—Ritchie Torres, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumlord
Noun
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The lawsuit claims RealPage, controlling over 80% of the rental market, uses data from competing landlords to artificially inflate rental prices.—
Marina Johnson,
The Courier-Journal,
10 July 2025
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What about penalties for landlords who use renovations to evict tenants?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Or, the other extreme, when the chairman/CEO announces the deal by shooting off an official email or releasing an official letter or newsletter on the company's HR portal or intranet.—
Ashutosh Labroo,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The announcement comes just one day after a pointed letter from investors to the board enthusiastically recommended the independent directors set a date—publicly.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
10 July 2025
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Deliveries are a crucial bellwether of financial health, as the bulk of payment for the aircraft from airline or lessor customers occurs at delivery.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Esports company Savvy Games, aircraft lessor AviLease, telecom firm STC, and mining giant Ma’aden, as well as dividend earnings from Saudi National Bank, helped boost 2024 revenues 25%.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
2 July 2025
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In most states prospective renters or buyers don't have a right to know how much flood insurance will cost.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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Now, many of those rental units sit empty, awaiting renters.—
Molly Davis,
The Tennessean,
11 July 2025
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The purchase, from landowner Robert Weber last month, was partly financed by a grant from the Yale Divinity School.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources credits the Ohio Division of Wildlife, Ohio zoos, wildlife rehabilitation facilities, concerned landowners and conservationists for repopulating the species.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
5 July 2025
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“Slumlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumlord. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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