occupants

noun

plural of occupant
as in residents
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 occupants In November, California voters will elect a new governor, fill other statewide offices and choose occupants of 152 legislative and congressional seats. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 Before the shooting broke out, the victim and other occupants of the residence were playing cards, according to the Winter Garden Police Department. — Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 Authorities also arrested four other occupants of the vehicle on suspicion of cargo theft, conspiracy and possessing burglary tools. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 All of the boat occupants were ejected, with seven people sustaining injuries, including the two adults, George and Cecilia Pino. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 Indeed, the modest apartments that Zhu sold to their occupants cheaply, mostly located in city centers around factories, became a rapidly appreciating asset. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Authorities said none of the occupants were wearing seat belts. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 Also injured in the crash was a 3-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy, both occupants of the 2008 Accord. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 But the systems recorded vehicles regardless of whether their occupants were suspected of wrongdoing, fueling concerns about the amount of information collected and who could search it. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupants
  1. residents
  2. inhabitants
  3. tenants
Noun
  • Global economic instability has created unease at home, and a property crisis coupled with high youth unemployment has convinced some residents that securing a stable job within the government is the best path.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • About 600 residents in nearby municipalities in Waimes and Bütgenbach, in Liège province near the German border, were told to evacuate Saturday as winds shifted and smoke spread through the area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Aris and co-screenwriter Bane Fakih circle back and forth in time and depict a resilient city whose inhabitants have weathered a lot.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The inhabitants of rotten-tail buildings repurpose the old and improvise to find a way of surviving an economic storm.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • The source did, however, note that most of the tenants living in the building spoke Mandarin and there was a language barrier.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In a market as active as DFW, where logistics and distribution tenants are signing leases at record pace and enterprise clients are evaluating providers on technology as much as price, the platform running the last mile is part of the pitch.
    — William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
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