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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
Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
An American assault would then be remembered mostly for helping Maduro identify the next set of tenants for his torture chambers.
—Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
While people who don't own property won't be taxed, the extra costs could be passed on by landlords to tenants.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Though they were still subjected to abusive practices, tenants usually knew their landlords and saw them often, and rents were much more stable.
—Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Fifteen of the apartments will be restricted as affordable housing for tenants who qualify based on their income.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
The fear of a curse has created a unique market for bargain-hunting investors and tenants who are happy to try their luck.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
After all, there’s nothing else that could explain how her Brooklyn apartment—the parlor floor of a brownstone—came to be, and how the stars aligned, if only momentarily, when the previous tenants moved out.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
While the rent freeze has been framed as relief for tenants, rising insurance costs may emerge as a new affordability killer in New York City, housing experts and economists told , undoing any savings tenants might have gained from a cap on rent.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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And in a city that’s 70 percent tenants, where a majority pay one-third of their income to a landlord every month, that means doing something about their rent.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
An American assault would then be remembered mostly for helping Maduro identify the next set of tenants for his torture chambers.
—Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
While people who don't own property won't be taxed, the extra costs could be passed on by landlords to tenants.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Though they were still subjected to abusive practices, tenants usually knew their landlords and saw them often, and rents were much more stable.
—Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Fifteen of the apartments will be restricted as affordable housing for tenants who qualify based on their income.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
The fear of a curse has created a unique market for bargain-hunting investors and tenants who are happy to try their luck.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
After all, there’s nothing else that could explain how her Brooklyn apartment—the parlor floor of a brownstone—came to be, and how the stars aligned, if only momentarily, when the previous tenants moved out.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
While the rent freeze has been framed as relief for tenants, rising insurance costs may emerge as a new affordability killer in New York City, housing experts and economists told , undoing any savings tenants might have gained from a cap on rent.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenants
Noun
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Tourist attractions remain open, but visitors are asked to dress modestly and behave respectfully during the mourning period.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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From Jason Voorhees terrorizing all visitors of Camp Crystal Lake to Michael Myers persistently haunting the inhabitants of Haddonfield, Illinois, horror movies have relied on the silence and mystique of their main antagonists for decades.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The houses, often apartments inside the city’s tall residential buildings, strike so much fear among residents that anyone willing to live there can negotiate hefty discounts in one of the world’s most expensive property markets.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The death toll from heavy floods in central Vietnam has risen to 13, the government said Friday, as residents of the flooded city of Hoi An started cleanup operations as the water levels began to subside.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Data-center leases from, say, Meta can then be repackaged into a financial instrument that people can buy and sell—a bond, in essence.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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McCourt still owns 50% of the parking lot, and leases it out to Guggenheim.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson had said Tulane officials reported the monkeys were not infectious, despite initial reports by the truck’s occupants warning that the monkeys were dangerous and harboring various diseases.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson said initial reports from the truck's occupants warned that the monkeys were dangerous and potentially carried diseases.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The specific model used in the heist was sold to a customer in the Greater Paris area who rents it out, according to Böcker’s statement.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI rents out Nvidia graphics chips to run models through Oracle, as well as CoreWeave, Google and Microsoft.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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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From Jason Voorhees terrorizing all visitors of Camp Crystal Lake to Michael Myers persistently haunting the inhabitants of Haddonfield, Illinois, horror movies have relied on the silence and mystique of their main antagonists for decades.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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This mountain town of about 60,000 inhabitants was called home by a group of six athletes who would eventually become ski superstars in the 1950s.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Some rent reporting services require your landlord or property manager to verify payments, while others allow renters to self-report by submitting bank statements or other proof.—
Layla Melendez,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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Some San Diego renters have reported being charged a separate fee for trash as soon as the city started charging for it.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Tenants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenants. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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