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
  • The reef itself becomes the subject, inviting viewers to imagine its vastness from the perspective of one of its smallest inhabitants.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For anyone wanting to see or experience the sites and vestiges of Miami’s ancient inhabitants, the people known as Tequesta and their even more enigmatic Archaic forebears, there are only a few places to go.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • These are some of the asks of residents in communities around the country.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Elsewhere, residents have resorted to digging cesspits as latrine stocks run severely low, leading to soil and water contamination, according to Hosni Nadeem Mohanna, a water municipality spokesperson in Gaza City.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Two occupants of her Nissan Altima were taken to a trauma center.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • In the second Honda Pilot, seven occupants, including six juveniles, had minor injuries, according to the crash report.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • Luckily, the cast was very much like the Silo-dwellers in this situation, aka blissfully unaware that the producers were slowly losing their minds.
    — Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
  • This fantastic video doorbell is great for homeowners, apartment dwellers, or anyone looking to keep tabs on both visitors and deliveries.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of dwellers
Noun
  • At the time, state housing officials said this number did not offer a complete picture since some of the units included in the count were in the process of getting new tenants.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Centurion Foundation emerged as the buyer last month, after news that several mall tenants were told to pack up and leave the property in 30 days.
    — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 3 July 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
  • The city has taken a slate of actions to help sweat-dripping denizens find refuge from the heat, including opening up additional cooling centers and expanding pool hours.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • Into this warm void has come the French far right, seeing an issue that exposes the hypocrisy of the country’s politics and media establishments, whose denizens enjoy AC in their offices and television studios.
    — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Definition of denizens
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