occupiers

noun

plural of occupier
as in residents

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  1. residents
  2. occupants
  3. visitors
Noun
  • Officers located two additional adult suspects, also Sacramento residents.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The 2026 midterm elections are also demonstrating how issues that begin as disputes between local governments and residents can spread across the country and become part of national political identities.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Two men had entered an apartment on North Sharon Amity Road and robbed the occupants, according to a police affidavit obtained by the Charlotte Observer.
    — KC Baker, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Five people were killed, all occupants of a van owned by a contract cleaning company for airlines and another vehicle, authorities previously said.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • Tourism officials are asking visitors to steer clear of one of Hawaii's most picturesque islands as residents and businesses work to recover from the latest tropical storm to thrash the state.
    — GENE JOHNSON, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • So many visitors get suckered into pasting and running the command that just about every malware pusher has adopted the technique.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of visitors
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“Occupiers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupiers. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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