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as in visitors
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
the laundry in the basement is for tenants only
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as in residents
one who lives permanently in a place
the abandoned warehouse's only tenants are a band of squatters
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Recent Examples of tenants
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
The two had only been living in their south Fort Worth home for three months, which is why Washington believes the burst of violence was directed at the previous tenants.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
There are still about 1,900 acres left for Mason Ailstock, the foundation’s leader, to fill with promising tenants.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Newmark said the buildings were 94% leased with tenants in commercial, industrial and office industries.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the mayor’s first acts to help renters was to have the city intervene in the bankruptcy case of a large landlord, Pinnacle, which was facing thousands of complaints from tenants across the city.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Machado tenants and the operators of the fireworks companies, Kenneth Kin Chee, 47, of Devastating Pyrotechnics and Craig Allen Cutright, 61, of BlackStar, were among those taken into custody Thursday.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
An adjacent parking lot, also owned by Konover, is available to tenants for an additional fee.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
Instead, the shut-off forced her out, leaving the tenants living in apartments upstairs without heat, too.
—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
The two had only been living in their south Fort Worth home for three months, which is why Washington believes the burst of violence was directed at the previous tenants.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
There are still about 1,900 acres left for Mason Ailstock, the foundation’s leader, to fill with promising tenants.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Newmark said the buildings were 94% leased with tenants in commercial, industrial and office industries.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the mayor’s first acts to help renters was to have the city intervene in the bankruptcy case of a large landlord, Pinnacle, which was facing thousands of complaints from tenants across the city.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Machado tenants and the operators of the fireworks companies, Kenneth Kin Chee, 47, of Devastating Pyrotechnics and Craig Allen Cutright, 61, of BlackStar, were among those taken into custody Thursday.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
An adjacent parking lot, also owned by Konover, is available to tenants for an additional fee.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenants
Noun
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If the goal was to build up a little it of pride about our local museum, and offer some unexpected fun to visitors, all the while doing it on a conservative budget, then that mission is accomplished.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Those who stayed behind, like Yang, have tried to capitalize on visitors to the Yungang Grottoes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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That means residents are seeing larger chunks of their paychecks going to utilities compared to people in other places.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Oakland County Board of Commissioners voted 13-4 to approve a pilot program on Wednesday night that will allow drones to be used to help the Oakland County Sheriff's Office respond to 911 calls; however, many residents showed up to the commissioners' meeting to voice their concerns.—
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Duneland School Corporation still has offices on the campus and leases the property to the YMCA.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the documents, the franchise said there were 10 restaurants whose leases the company planned to reject.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
4 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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Within moments, icy water began crashing over the gunwale, causing the boat to flip like a toy — and dumping the three occupants into the dark, shockingly cold water.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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All occupants were evaluated at the scene, and no arrests were made.—
Meriam Bouarrouj,
NBC news,
5 Apr. 2026
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The denim brand rents out ten of the valley’s most luxurious villas, hosts up to 60 people, provides high-end amenities like IV drips, massage therapy and an onsite coffee pop-up from La La Land and puts on exclusive after-parties.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Today, Amazon rents that hardware to customers of Amazon Web Services, the cloud-computing unit.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Under the program qualifying lessees who place an order for a Gravity by September 30 and lease between October 1 and December 31 will be eligible to receive a $7,500 Lucid Advantage Credit.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Its inhabitants are not seen as simple victims, however.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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In 1605 the governor of Cartagena offered a peace agreement recognizing a degree of autonomy for the community, and the agreement was reaffirmed with the inhabitants of Palenque in 1612.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Tenants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenants. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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