occupant
noun
oc·cu·pant
ˈä-kyə-pənt 
Examples of occupant in a Sentence
The apartment's previous occupant was a painter.
Both of the car's occupants were injured.
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Nunez said the firefighters quickly initiated rescue operations and freed two of the occupants from the car.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
As of early Friday morning, occupants of the red Impala remained in critical condition, police said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
But the thirty-seventh President looks like a model of restraint when compared with the forty-seventh, and his supposedly incendiary commentary anodyne by contrast to what emanates daily from the current occupant of the White House.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
According to a report from WHAS-TV, five people were hospitalized from a seven-vehicle crash, but none of the occupants had life-threatening injuries.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
As of early Friday morning, occupants of the red Impala remained in critical condition, police said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
But the thirty-seventh President looks like a model of restraint when compared with the forty-seventh, and his supposedly incendiary commentary anodyne by contrast to what emanates daily from the current occupant of the White House.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
According to a report from WHAS-TV, five people were hospitalized from a seven-vehicle crash, but none of the occupants had life-threatening injuries.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Occupant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occupant. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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occupant
noun
oc·cu·pant
ˈäk-yə-pənt
: a person who occupies something
especially
: resident entry 2 sense 1
Legal Definition
occupant
noun
oc·cu·pant
ˈä-kyə-pənt
1
: one who occupies a particular place
an occupant of the car
the occupant of the apartment
2
: one who acquires title by occupancy
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