as in tenants
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
the new owners took in roomers to help pay for the house
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Noun
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Seventeen of the 26 buildings have been renovated for arts and cultural use at a cost of nearly $50 million, with more than 140 tenants, according to the Arts District.—
Point Loma-Ob Monthly,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026 -
Financial records stopped aligning, and staff could not access crucial files needed to verify their tenants' eligibility for affordable housing.—
R.A. Schuetz,
Houston Chronicle,
1 May 2026
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Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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As the morning progresses, the audience is introduced to the other boarders living at the Hollies’ home.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some EDs now routinely hold more boarders — many of them quite ill — than patients being actively evaluated.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Roomers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roomers. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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