How to Use tenant in a Sentence
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The case was dismissed when the tenant failed to show up in court.
—Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
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Have them in private, which means out of earshot of the tenants.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
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Over the years, the co-op has hosted a fair share of A-listers and celeb tenants.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
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About 93% of the tower is leased to tenants at quoted rents of more than $40 per square foot.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
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The city moved to place the buildings in receivership out of concern for the health and safety of the tenants.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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Amel Ben Jmaj, a biotech student from Tunisia, is one of the newest tenants and already loves the place.
—Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2023
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Joe’s Crab Shack, which has been a port tenant for more than two decades, is not the first to occupy that site.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
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In the end, Syed had a few applications, enough to find a tenant and a backup.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2023
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Pour one out for your long-suffering tenants, who might have to eat some of those costs for you.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
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However, the dog’s owner no longer lived there, and the new tenants didn’t know the dog, leaving the couple with the dog for a bit longer.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
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While vouchers seek to give tenants more choice, many landlords refuse to take them.
—Jason Deparle, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
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Cho said upgrades to the office towers should catch the eye of new office tenants.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
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Thousands of tenants across Oregon could soon face the same dilemma.
—oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
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Bertram expects tenants will be able to move in starting in late summer.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
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Ultimately, the goal is to find a permanent tenant for the space.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
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But in May 2022, the Phoenix location closed and the space was sold to its current tenant, Snapback Pizzeria.
—Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
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That said, for the majority of students, there are a few tenants of a great laptop.
—Christian De Looper, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
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After being an owner for 40 years, the idea of being a tenant felt like a backslide.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
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Both teams are longtime tenants of the Midway-area arena.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
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Along with Johnny Mac, the esteemed prewar building has played host to dozens of famous tenants since it was built in 1929.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2023
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The apartments in the building are full of tenants and when one unit becomes available, there's no issue in finding someone to lease it to.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
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That new law requires a landlord to pay a tenant two months’ rent in the event of a no-fault eviction but does not restrict rent increases.
—Cameron Fozi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
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The law provides free access to lawyers for tenants in eviction cases, but there are not enough lawyers available.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
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Yet in the District, there are no laws that protect tenants against secondary exposure to smoke in their apartments.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
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But Vargas said some of the tenants have had trouble making an adjustment.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
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Since filing the suit, the tenants, Damin Dixon and Alison Bradford, are no longer facing eviction.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
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The story follows a group of tenants cooped up in their Lower East Side apartment building who gather on the roof every night.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
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My husband came into a community room (the kitchen) where a tenant and I were already present.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
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But her tenant had gone rogue, converting the space into an unlicensed weed shop instead, and then locked her out of her own building.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
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Other tenants in the building include Firehouse Subs and Liquorland.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
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Penney has moved out of the buildings, leaving the offices currently 13% leased to tenant NTT Data.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
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So the building’s financial challenges belong, not to tenant Toll, but to its owners and their creditors.
—Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
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Here’s a look at the staffing and year 2020 goals for the Office of Financial Empowerment, from college savings to tenant protections.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 Dec. 2019
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The city got behind these efforts, transferring the title of dozens of buildings to tenant organizations that created co-ops.
—Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
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The big shipping hub is fully leased to tenant Petmate, an online pet supply company owned by Doskocil Manufacturing.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
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As a landlord, Vision Property Management has had a reputation of not responding promptly to tenant complaints about major problems with its rent-to-own homes.
—Matthew Goldstein and Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2017
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Penney has moved out of the buildings, leaving the offices currently 13% leased to tenant NTT Data.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 27 May 2021
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So the building’s financial challenges belong, not to tenant Toll, but to its owners and their creditors.
—Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
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Here’s a look at the staffing and year 2020 goals for the Office of Financial Empowerment, from college savings to tenant protections.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 27 Dec. 2019
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The city got behind these efforts, transferring the title of dozens of buildings to tenant organizations that created co-ops.
—Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
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The big shipping hub is fully leased to tenant Petmate, an online pet supply company owned by Doskocil Manufacturing.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
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As a landlord, Vision Property Management has had a reputation of not responding promptly to tenant complaints about major problems with its rent-to-own homes.
—Matthew Goldstein and Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2017
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