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
Some German castles have never had royal or noble occupants, others have been held by the same bloodline for hundreds upon hundreds of years.
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2025
No other vehicles were involved, and Campbell, the only occupant of his vehicle, died at the scene.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
All of the plane's occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene, according to the Illinois State Police.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
And if one single layer of darkened wall still seems insufficient separation from the utilitarian human in front, the much more important rear occupants can also deploy the 65-inch flexible cinema display stored away below the floor.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2025
No other vehicles were involved, and Campbell, the only occupant of his vehicle, died at the scene.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
All of the plane's occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene, according to the Illinois State Police.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2025
And if one single layer of darkened wall still seems insufficient separation from the utilitarian human in front, the much more important rear occupants can also deploy the 65-inch flexible cinema display stored away below the floor.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupant
Noun
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In the late 90s and early 2000s, the team from La Coruña — a fishing city in northwest Spain of roughly 250,000 inhabitants — conquered the imagination of fans across Europe, overthrowing the Real Madrid-Barcelona duopoly to win La Liga and the Copa del Rey.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Heard and McDonald Islands have zero human inhabitants.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bachar lost his wife, his teenage son and his right leg in the attacks, in which 100 of the kibbutz’s 1,100 residents were killed.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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When the original owner of the bookstore needed to move locations down the road, the town residents showed up in droves, creating a human conveyor belt moving the books hand-to-hand down to the new location.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Advocates have long called for the RGB to freeze or rollback the rents as tenants struggle with the twin housing and affordability crises.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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Vale Sports Club is the primary tenant of The Forge.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2025
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“Occupant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupant. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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