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as in visitors
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 residents
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 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.
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Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
3 July 2026
There was no threat to tenants, visitors, and Empire State Building Observation Deck guests, the spokesperson said in a statement.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
An office building under construction in Bay Harbor Islands, One Kane, is offering a marina as an amenity, allowing tenants to arrive at the office by yacht.
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Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
The beaming young mayor, fresh off an announcement that a swath of New York’s tenants would see no rent hike, was even found jumping into a city pool in a suit and tie.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
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
The expansion’s Council proponents have never really addressed this point beyond emotional appeals to the plight of overburdened tenants.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
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.
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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.
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Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
3 July 2026
There was no threat to tenants, visitors, and Empire State Building Observation Deck guests, the spokesperson said in a statement.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
An office building under construction in Bay Harbor Islands, One Kane, is offering a marina as an amenity, allowing tenants to arrive at the office by yacht.
—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
The beaming young mayor, fresh off an announcement that a swath of New York’s tenants would see no rent hike, was even found jumping into a city pool in a suit and tie.
—
ABC News,
2 July 2026
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.
—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
The expansion’s Council proponents have never really addressed this point beyond emotional appeals to the plight of overburdened tenants.
—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenants
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Other booths included photo opportunities dressed in traditional Colonial garb, hands-on historical exhibits and interactive displays that offered visitors a break from the oppressive heat.
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The area is now preserved as part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, a 27,000-acre national park spanning New York and New Jersey that welcomes more than 9 million visitors annually.
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These are some of the asks of residents in communities around the country.
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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.
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The company leases the roof to a third-party solar company that operates and maintains the solar array.
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The church currently leases spaces at Providence Square Shopping Center at 709-A International Drive, about 9 miles northeast of the Morrison YMCA.
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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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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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Nobody rents emergency capacity at those prices when supply is plentiful.
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Nick Waddell rents a studio apartment in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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More than half the current tenants are original lessees.
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Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez attempted to carve out exemptions for commercial restaurant lessees from the wage ordinance, citing a need to establish a distinction between hotel operators/owners and restaurants.
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The reef itself becomes the subject, inviting viewers to imagine its vastness from the perspective of one of its smallest inhabitants.
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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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“Tenants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenants. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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