cohabitants

noun

plural of cohabitant
as in inhabitants

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  1. inhabitants
  2. residents
  3. occupants
  4. dwellers
  5. tenants
  6. habitants
  7. denizens
Noun
  • There, the tyrannical February has condemned its inhabitants to eternal winter and forbids them from flying, while a masked resistance movement known as The Solution fights to restore light and freedom.
    — Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The infamous explosion covered Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic debris, immortalizing the final moments of the ancient Roman cities and some of their unfortunate inhabitants in stunning detail.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Officers located two additional adult suspects, also Sacramento residents.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The 2026 midterm elections are also demonstrating how issues that begin as disputes between local governments and residents can spread across the country and become part of national political identities.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Investigators visited the home in the 400 block of North Swanson Road and interviewed the occupants.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Four of the vehicle’s occupants were confirmed dead at the scene, and two others were flown out by air ambulances and admitted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton in critical condition.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • The modular design is easy to assemble (a gift for any apartment dwellers).
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Alligators, by contrast, are freshwater dwellers that populate lakes, ponds and marshes across the state.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dwellers
Noun
  • Park Place has been a popular shopping outlet in the metro for nearly two decades, with a green space/outdoor ice skating rink, Outta the Blue coffee shop, Plate Italiano Moderno and many other tenants.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Geren said the convention center was part of a larger effort to revitalize downtown Fort Worth in the 1960s after it was partly abandoned by commercial tenants in the previous decade.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tenants
Noun
  • Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Definition of habitants
Noun
  • Like the resourceful denizens of China’s rotten-tail buildings, the most successful leaders will be the ones who take their fate into their own hands instead of waiting for a new set of rules to rescue them.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In a primary field that looks to be crowded by denizens of the party’s left, a credible moderate could win the nomination and, if current polling is accurate, easily defeat a MAGA GOP candidate.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of denizens
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