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Recent Examples of slumlord
Whitney first went into the HGTV show with two goals: to make a killing in local real estate, and to publicly establish a do-gooder identity that’s in sharp contrast to the reputation of her slumlord parents.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
While crammed in tiny apartments, Black families struggled with slumlords and poor living conditions.
—Tanikia Carpenter, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
What Safdie and Fielder have created on Curse, at least on the surface level, is a sharp, unstinting satire of White privilege and guilt (Whitney is constantly having to distance herself from her parents, who are widely regarded as slumlords).
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
Whitney is the daughter of a pair of local slumlords (played by Corbin Bernsen and Constance Shulman).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2024
While crammed in tiny apartments, Black families struggled with slumlords and poor living conditions.
—Tanikia Carpenter, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
What Safdie and Fielder have created on Curse, at least on the surface level, is a sharp, unstinting satire of White privilege and guilt (Whitney is constantly having to distance herself from her parents, who are widely regarded as slumlords).
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
Whitney is the daughter of a pair of local slumlords (played by Corbin Bernsen and Constance Shulman).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumlord
Noun
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Following the February 2023 earthquakes, the Istanbul municipality received tens of thousands of applications from Istanbul landlords and renters requesting earthquake safety checks on buildings.—
Emily Wither,
The Dial,
13 Feb. 2025
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This can be helpful if your landlord is not responding.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2025
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To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail.—
Juan Peña,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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After more than a decade of trauma for the parents and a pair of lawsuits, Dr. Osbourne finally walked back the controversial suicide finding in a letter to a Pennsylvania court last month.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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On the local level, the Boston City Council on Wednesday is set to reintroduce a home rule petition that would similarly shift the fee to the party, lessor or tenant who hired the broker.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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The average monthly rent for these matches is $609, but some lessors provide rooms in exchange for services, such as help with yard work, meal preparation, housekeeping and companionship.—
Lauren J. Mapp,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2024
Noun
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About 600,000 Hoosiers are renters, Hunley said Monday.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Instead, the Quebec Act, which the British Parliament passed in 1774, forged an alliance between the British Crown, Catholic priests, and wealthy landowners on the eve of the revolution.—
Lawrence B.A. Hatter / Made by History,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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The members of his family who were taken in the dark of night were wealthy landowners in the area and were never heard from again.—
Willie J. Allen Jr.,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Slumlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumlord. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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