cohabitants

noun

Definition of cohabitantsnext
plural of cohabitant
as in inhabitants

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  1. inhabitants
  2. occupants
  3. dwellers
  4. denizens
Noun
  • Genuine peril causes the game’s inhabitants to scatter.
    Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Excavations conducted at the ancient site of Shakhi Kora in northern Iraq, as part of the Sirwan Regional Project, have revealed that the inhabitants of the settlement adopted centralized governing systems but eventually abandoned them.
    Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Instead, find respite, history, and the authentic spectres of former occupants and their employees.
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The onetime occupants are always happy to be in your company.
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • Not surprisingly, though, apartment dwellers are at the greatest risk for porch piracy, with 8 percent of respondents reporting having had a package stolen within the past three months.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Rural and suburban dwellers, having left the city during the pandemic, are now wasting 12 hours or more in transit a week due to return-to-office mandates.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of dwellers
Noun
  • Not just because of the people — those famously funny, hospitable denizens.
    Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Brentwood and Belle Meade, where a $32 million sale set a residential real estate record in Tennessee earlier this year, are among other graceful suburbs that lure denizens in search of rolling hills and quiet.
    Jessica Ritz, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of denizens
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