as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
the only occupants of that house are an old lady and her cat
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Recent Examples of occupant
The passengers will watch their progress from six windows, about 4 feet high, one for each occupant.
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Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
The San Diego Union-Tribune UPDATED: April 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM PDT
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On March 30, maritime law enforcement officials patrolling the ocean southwest of San Diego spotted and approached a suspicious vessel whose occupants were waving white flags to signal distress.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The tactic certainly caught the attention of one of the railcar's occupants: Spencer, who spots his wife screaming for help next to the tracks and leaps from its caboose to rescue her without a second thought.
—EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The buck stops on the fifth floor of City Hall, and the occupant of the mayor’s office gets credit for the successes — and wears the jacket for the failures.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
The San Diego Union-Tribune UPDATED: April 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM PDT
Listen to this article
On March 30, maritime law enforcement officials patrolling the ocean southwest of San Diego spotted and approached a suspicious vessel whose occupants were waving white flags to signal distress.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The tactic certainly caught the attention of one of the railcar's occupants: Spencer, who spots his wife screaming for help next to the tracks and leaps from its caboose to rescue her without a second thought.
—EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The buck stops on the fifth floor of City Hall, and the occupant of the mayor’s office gets credit for the successes — and wears the jacket for the failures.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupant
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In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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Aldabra’s only inhabitants today are two dozen scientific and support staff living and working at its research station in a handful of low buildings clustered around a red-and-white lighthouse.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Some Palisades residents also expressed hope about the mayor’s proposal to provide additional resources to the Fire Department.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a consumer alert April 8 to warn residents about scammers using bitcoin ATMs to defraud consumers.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Serendipitously, Owsley would appear one day at the door, to chat up a female tenant who was renting a room from Scully.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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Also in August, a former Independence Towers tenant and a former tenant of the nearby Stonybrook East apartment complex sued FTW and its partners, citing poor conditions and retaliation.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Occupant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupant. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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