hostesses

noun

plural of hostess
as in hosts

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  1. hosts
  2. cohosts
  3. inhabitants
  4. residents
  5. occupants
Noun
  • In two Top-10 matchups in the final week of the regular season, Loyola hosts Mount Carmel — and Hersey travels to Prospect.
    — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The flow of the attacks was (1) finding targets, (2) gaining code execution, (3) establishing inference, and (4) propagating to new hosts.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 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
  • More than 90 percent of Gaza’s inhabitants are internally displaced.
    — KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Well… The inhabitants of Étretat [where the series was partly filmed] hate us a little bit.
    — Baptiste Mandrillon, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • DeSantis also warned residents far outside the cone to watch for tornadoes, which can spawn before the core of Isaias moves ashore.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Older residents here repeat a mantra that the country has been through worse, notably when Iraq launched Scud missiles in 1991 during the first Gulf War.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • All six occupants were ultimately found dead at the scene, authorities said.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Ann Arbor Fire Department Both the occupants and their cat got out safely, the department said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
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