hostesses

noun

plural of hostess
as in hosts

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  1. hosts
  2. cohosts
  3. inhabitants
  4. residents
  5. occupants
Noun
  • That’s attributed largely to Miami’s position as the largest short-term rental market among World Cup hosts, with 42,700 available listings in June.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • The Greek concept of xenia—the unwritten hospitality contract binding guests and hosts to a set of rules—is a major theme in The Odyssey, as is nostos, translated loosely as homecoming.
    — Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 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
  • Our planet’s inhabitants speak more than 7,000 languages, each a unique repository of knowledge, culture and history.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • And yet, little has been done to prepare inhabitants for disaster.
    — Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 23 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
  • According to previous reporting by this news organization, people leaving tiny homes in Alameda County moved into housing at similar rates between 2019 and 2022, while Santa Clara County tiny homes helped move 43% of occupants to housing.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
  • The panic from the occupants struggling to grab floatation devices helped spur aviation-safety reforms, including mandatory preflight passenger briefings and improvements involving flotation equipment.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
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