hostesses

noun

plural of hostess
as in hosts

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  1. hosts
  2. cohosts
  3. inhabitants
  4. residents
  5. occupants
Noun
  • The Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art has announced the honorees for its annual Art+Film Gala, chaired by returning hosts Leonardo DiCaprio and LACAMA trustee Eva Chow.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • The plans are for a lineup of guests, a dinner, conversations between hosts and taping of the podcast Clock It with Symone & Eugene.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 July 2026
Definition of hosts
Noun
  • The show is actually bringing in guest cohosts to fill in for her, including Sheryl Underwood, and Whoopi Goldberg who will step in to cohost on Fridays despite typically having the day off.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
Definition of cohosts
Noun
  • The former was a concentration area for 200,000 refugees expelled from 247 localities, villages and towns and the area’s original 80,000 inhabitants; and the latter a frontier zone designed to incarcerate them.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The tale of John McClane (Bruce Willis) saving the inhabitants of a Los Angeles skyscraper from a ruthless band of thieves has continued to entertain, inspiring multiple sequels, comic books, video games, and countless references in other media.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Leading a government delivering services for 70 million people will be a monumentally larger task with problems on a larger scale and facing issues foreign to a leader of a region with 3 million residents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • Explosions were heard in Iran’s Bandar Abbas and on Qeshm Island, Iranian state-run news agency IRNA reported, citing local residents.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Authorities said Wednesday that 16 occupants had been rescued, some with injuries, while one victim was confirmed dead and three others were reported missing.
    — Michael McGough Updated July 16, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • Later that morning, officers again encountered the van and surrounded it after its occupants allegedly attempted to flee a second time, Reitz said.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of occupants
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