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tenants 1 of 2

noun

plural of tenant

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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tenants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tenant

as in leases

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The property has to be empty of tenants to finalize the deal, and residents may face forcible eviction. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 But people in the apartment industry say that, unlike charging utilities as part of the monthly rent, RUBS gives tenants some sense of the cost of taking long showers or leaving the lights on. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Most tenants will appreciate the quick service that home warranties can offer. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 The church in the short term will act as the landlord to the building’s current roster of office tenants, but eventually plans to transform it into a 2,500-seat sanctuary. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The new ordinance said the city will instead explore an agreement with the new owner to make repairs and remedy code violations, while using the original repair funding to help relocate tenants. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 The New Jersey bill prohibits landlords and homeowners associations from banning plug-in solar systems while Colorado and Virginia laws give tenants the right to install plug-in solar panels. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 More help for tenants is also in the works, including a rental escrow program for people living in noncompliant homes, which is expected to be announced in the next few weeks. — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 In a market as active as DFW, where logistics and distribution tenants are signing leases at record pace and enterprise clients are evaluating providers on technology as much as price, the platform running the last mile is part of the pitch. — William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tenants

Noun

And, despite trade disagreements, visitors can still get cheddar and bacon soup and filet mignon from the Canada pavilion.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Mapquest even offered a page for visitors to create their own name for the lake.

— Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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Cloud service agreements totaled $29 billion, with data center leases not commenced of $25 billion, equity investments of $25 billion, and capital expenditures of $8 billion.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
According to a brief biography on the college website, Tracy Caruso is the owner and president of Delray Beach Executive Suites, which leases office space to businesses.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

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Before emergency crews arrived, witnesses pulled the occupants out of the burning car.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
Officers stopped the car and detained the occupants, identified as a 36-year-old man, a 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of occupants

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However, CoreWeave, which buys and rents out graphics processors from Nvidia and other chipmakers, hiked prices across its inventory by 25% in July to soften the impact of rising GPU costs on its margins, per Ramnani.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
For example, letting a distant family member stay at a second home without formal documentation, or if someone owns one or more properties and rents them out, but the tenants don’t have documentation that the unit is their primary residence.

— Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of rents

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More than half the current tenants are original lessees.

— Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
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.

— City News Service, Daily News, 14 May 2026

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