as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat
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Recent Examples of occupant
The vehicle's sole occupant, a 38-year-old man, died, firefighters confirmed.
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Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Nunez said the firefighters quickly initiated rescue operations and freed two of the occupants from the car.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
As of early Friday morning, occupants of the red Impala remained in critical condition, police said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
But the thirty-seventh President looks like a model of restraint when compared with the forty-seventh, and his supposedly incendiary commentary anodyne by contrast to what emanates daily from the current occupant of the White House.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Nunez said the firefighters quickly initiated rescue operations and freed two of the occupants from the car.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
As of early Friday morning, occupants of the red Impala remained in critical condition, police said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
But the thirty-seventh President looks like a model of restraint when compared with the forty-seventh, and his supposedly incendiary commentary anodyne by contrast to what emanates daily from the current occupant of the White House.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupant
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The team aimed to study the past inhabitants’ diet and compare it with the diet of modern birds today.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
10 Oct. 2025
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Soon after, Kravitz began hosting an annual dental-care clinic, completely free of charge for the island’s inhabitants.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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With nearly one-third of Los Angeles County's 10 million residents being foreign-born, the declaration has significant social and economic implications, especially for immigrant and mixed-status families.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Gas from Tehran fuels nearly a third of Iraq's electricity generation, yet frequent and prolonged outages remain common, forcing residents to rely on costly, polluting private generators.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
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The applicant, Adam Janesz, has been working through a planning process with Oconomowoc city officials for the building, which, according to city documents, would be built for Caribou Coffee as a future tenant.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Many of his clients were small landlords—immigrant owners of two-family properties who relied on tenants to stay afloat.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Occupant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupant. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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