: one that rents
specifically
: the lessee or tenant of property
Examples of renter in a Sentence
one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken
left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck
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He's spent years trying to bring attention to how a lack of services for mental health disorders, affordable housing and policies that prevent renter evictions all directly contribute to Arizona's growing number of heat victims.
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, America’s millions of renters, disproportionately people of color and women, would receive no benefit while potentially losing access to social programs Congress must cut to fund these tax breaks.
—Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
In the United States, for example, nearly half of renter households are considered cost-burdened, according to a 2024 report from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The state also increased the renter’s tax credit, another bipartisan favorite.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
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Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, America’s millions of renters, disproportionately people of color and women, would receive no benefit while potentially losing access to social programs Congress must cut to fund these tax breaks.
—Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
In the United States, for example, nearly half of renter households are considered cost-burdened, according to a 2024 report from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The state also increased the renter’s tax credit, another bipartisan favorite.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Renter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renter. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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