as in tenant
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
a boarder who paid $100 per week for a room and meals
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Recent Examples of boarder
Using trial accounts and other records for this historical fiction, Lauren Willig re-creates not only the two famous lawyers but Elma’s household of relatives and boarders as well.
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Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Kittredge received two more letters, dated the next day and including the names of other boarders staying with her against the corporation’s rules.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
This would allow skiers and boarders to move back and forth between resorts without driving or boarding a shuttle bus.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
With a vertical drop of 3,040 feet, 2,342 skiable acres, 930 acres of glade skiing and 122 runs, Deer Valley offers more than enough challenges for all levels of skiers and boarders.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Kittredge received two more letters, dated the next day and including the names of other boarders staying with her against the corporation’s rules.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
This would allow skiers and boarders to move back and forth between resorts without driving or boarding a shuttle bus.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
With a vertical drop of 3,040 feet, 2,342 skiable acres, 930 acres of glade skiing and 122 runs, Deer Valley offers more than enough challenges for all levels of skiers and boarders.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarder
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John Burton, who championed liberal causes during his 40 years in California politics as an environmentalist, tenants’ rights advocate, and defender of the working class and labor, has died.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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New managers took over Olive Dell Ranch in 2019, and tenants have complained that the property has been neglected since then.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Phantom Ranch lodgers, including the hiker, were evacuated by helicopter due to the hazardous gas.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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Short-term rental lodgers across the United States may be wasting more than $2.3 billion in food each year, a new study has found.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
10 July 2025
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In August, Massachusetts officials warned residents and visitors to Buzzards Bay, a community on the south end of Cape Cod, after a person there was infected with Vibrio vulnificus.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Astronomers made the rare and extraordinary discovery of an interstellar object in our own solar system on July 1, 2025, sparking a scramble to study the mysterious visitor.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Boarder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarder. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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