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occupants

  • plural
    of occupant.
    occupant
    noun
    a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something.

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Ms. Frizzle often shrank her steel steed and its occupants to microscopic sizes so they could explore places they’d never seen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

But one of the two occupants of the truck "did not know who that transmission was intended for."

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

If your father-in-law’s occupants are tenants, it’s more complicated.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

The BBC has made efforts to contact the owners and occupants but has received no response.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The names scratched into the posts no longer match the occupants, but I can extrapolate who’s who.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen