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as in lessee
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
the laundry in the basement is for tenants only
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as in occupant
one who lives permanently in a place
the abandoned warehouse's only tenants are a band of squatters
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Recent Examples of tenant
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
There was at no time danger to tenants, visitors, and Empire State Building Observation Deck guests.
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Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Malkin considers The Bicester Collection a platform for full-price customer acquisition, even though it’s tenanted by outlets.
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David Moin,
WWD,
16 Oct. 2024
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The affordable units will serve tenants with very low and extremely low incomes, and Downtown Women’s Center has agreed to serve the project’s residents.
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Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
There was at no time danger to tenants, visitors, and Empire State Building Observation Deck guests.
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Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Verb
The City of Sunnyvale is asking community members for input on everything from road and trail improvements to tenant protections in a series of surveys.
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Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Malkin considers The Bicester Collection a platform for full-price customer acquisition, even though it’s tenanted by outlets.
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David Moin,
WWD,
16 Oct. 2024
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The owner and lessee will bear the responsibility of clearing the debris and alleviating some of the effects of the fire and its aftermath, Moore said, including looking for ways to mitigate debris flowing out of the warehouse, and the smell emitted by the rotting food.
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This because payments are based on the difference between the transaction price and what the leasing company expects the model will be worth at the end of the term, financed at the going interest rate, which is again affected one way or the other by a lessee’s FICO score.
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Two occupants of her Nissan Altima were taken to a trauma center.
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In the second Honda Pilot, seven occupants, including six juveniles, had minor injuries, according to the crash report.
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Local first-quarter net absorption, the difference between space leased and vacated, and often a sign of turnover, was a negative 179,000 square feet.
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The district can lease the property, but even then, the tenant can not run any sort of gambling operation on the site.
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Los Robles officials said that staff, patients and visitors were safe and that medical care was not interrupted at the hospital.
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Families, students, longtime Kansas City residents and visitors from across the Midwest stopped by the gathering.
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The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area.
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The city is recommending zoning regulations that fall in line with state statute while trying to calm residents who are worried data centers will overwhelm resources like water and energy and impose on their quality of life.
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Swimply, an Airbnb-style company, is letting people rent out pools and other private spaces, such as tennis and basketball courts.
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Giordani is also renting out her two-bedroom tiny home during the World Cup.
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The lodger being burned at the stake evokes the recent Spanish housing crisis.
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Food is so scarce and making rent so difficult that characters are perennially taking in lodgers who share beds and sleep in kitchens.
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The country stands out with 11 charge points per 1,000 inhabitants, the highest ratio in Europe in 2025.
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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.
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“Tenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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