HOSTESSES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

hostesses

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plural of hostess

as in hosts

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The theater hosts approximately 20,000 students on a yearly basis, most of whom come from Title I school districts, which serve students from low-income families.

— Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
But the film does not explain what ‘hospitality’ has to do with a narrative situation in which the Greeks have been besieging Troy for 10 years already [which Nolan’s movie does not depict]; the Trojans are not their hosts but their enemies in war.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

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But Kova is shocked to discover her sweetheart taking up with someone new, who may be linked to the monsters dragging Stormwatch’s inhabitants into the ocean.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
The Nazca Lines are a group of extensive geoglyphs scraped into the desert around Nazca centuries ago by Peru’s Indigenous inhabitants.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhabitants

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And some have speculated that the Midwestern city and its some 15,000 Haitians residents would be a focus of arrests after TPS ended.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
For generations, the 103-year-old Catholic parish has been a beacon of solace and resistance for residents angry about the latest indignity to befall the historic heart of Latino Los Angeles.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

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