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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Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat, too.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat too.—
Margie Mason,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Knueppel’s bandwagon did get some early boarders.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Terramar beach break is popular with families, long-boarders and older surfers.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Roomers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roomers. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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