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
That fight had apparently ended when a vehicle drove by eastbound on International and an occupant began shooting into the lot, police said.
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Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen’s house fired a weapon following a confrontation between the agent and occupants of a sedan, early Tuesday.
—Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Following a short chase, the van pulled off the road and its four occupants ran; police caught only one of them — Valdes.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The other two occupants were their mother, Valencia Avilez, 24, and father, Marky Flores, 25.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen’s house fired a weapon following a confrontation between the agent and occupants of a sedan, early Tuesday.
—Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Following a short chase, the van pulled off the road and its four occupants ran; police caught only one of them — Valdes.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The other two occupants were their mother, Valencia Avilez, 24, and father, Marky Flores, 25.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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The Starbase petition describes a community of around 500 current inhabitants, including at least 219 primary residents and more than 100 children, in an area at the very end of State Highway 4 by Boca Chica Beach, where SpaceX launches many of its rockets.J. David Goodman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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The epic geography of this region, much of it above the tree line, has shaped how its inhabitants have lived for generations.Marc Telio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
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Years of dirty chip-making processes harmed not only workers, but also nearby residents as manufacturing waste stored in underground tanks leaked into groundwater supplies.Arlene Blum, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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View from Southern California Southern California residents have also taken part in the national surge in drone-spotting.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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This rise in supply, in turn, will push landlords to give more concessions to tenants.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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That might actually increase the likelihood of effective disclosure, because under the existing state of affairs, borrowers and tenants don’t read anything.Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Occupant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupant. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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