cohabitants

Definition of cohabitantsnext
plural of cohabitant

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Noun
  • Its inhabitants are not seen as simple victims, however.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In 1605 the governor of Cartagena offered a peace agreement recognizing a degree of autonomy for the community, and the agreement was reaffirmed with the inhabitants of Palenque in 1612.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The warning means residents should avoid burning due to strong winds and low humidity levels.
    Joseph Dames, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • On the other hand, abandoning public spaces — such as parks — to lawless tent encampments isn’t fair to residents, either.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Starting around 2015, scores of accidents involving tractor-trailers and passenger cars were reported in the area each year, often resulting in damage to the cars and medical care for occupants who reported injuries.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The 68-year-old man, identified as Jeffrey Dean Bauman, of Kerkhoven, Minnesota, had exited his vehicle to check on the occupants of a vehicle involved in a crash when he was hit by a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, the crash report says.
    Riley Moser, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Still, Ookla editorial director Sue Marek suspects some urban dwellers are adopting Starlink partly due to dissatisfaction with traditional ISPs.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The buildings and bridges in cities become home to bats, birds, and other urban dwellers, at the cost of learning to use more natural nesting sites.
    Daniel T. Blumstein, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat, too.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat too.
    Margie Mason, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One begins to think that the condition is hereditary—that, instead of a Habsburg jaw, the wealthy white denizens of New Orleans high society are saddled with emotional problems.
    Brandy Jensen, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Skill in understanding the natural world and identifying its denizens.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Cohabitants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabitants. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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