as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat
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Recent Examples of occupant
Park rangers learned that the car with a single occupant had plunged over the rim near South Kaibab Trailhead, the National Park Service (NPS) said.
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Three occupants — a 55-year-old man, a 41-year-old woman and a 32-year-old woman, all of San Jose — were arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into Santa Clara County jail, Shih said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
The driver of the Dodge ― the sole occupant ― was not injured.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson had said Tulane officials reported the monkeys were not infectious, despite initial reports by the truck’s occupants warning that the monkeys were dangerous and harboring various diseases.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Three occupants — a 55-year-old man, a 41-year-old woman and a 32-year-old woman, all of San Jose — were arrested on suspicion of burglary and booked into Santa Clara County jail, Shih said.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
The driver of the Dodge ― the sole occupant ― was not injured.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson had said Tulane officials reported the monkeys were not infectious, despite initial reports by the truck’s occupants warning that the monkeys were dangerous and harboring various diseases.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupant
Noun
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The first urban inhabitants drank wine, a recent archaeological survey found, after discovering the rare wine press near Tel Megiddo in Israel’s north.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The title refers to the series' universal optimism pandemic that has somehow swept the planet, creating one unnaturally cheerful global society out of the planet's billions of inhabitants.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Until recently there were only around 100 spots in the entire county that accepted Medi-Cal, the state health insurance for low-income residents, resulting in long wait times for people actively trying to get help.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Agents with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin's office last week arrested two Helena-West Helena residents, one of them an employee with the state Department of Corrections, accused of working together to defraud the state's Medicaid program, a Tuesday news release from Griffin's office states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Crews & Associates will be a tenant in one of three buildings on the property.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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The 12-story Hudson's Detroit building is set to become the global headquarters in January for General Motors and to house several other office and retail tenants.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Occupant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupant. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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