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occupant

[ok-yuh-puhnt] / ˈɒk yə pənt /


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Is that Dee Wallace, the mother from “E.T.: The Extraterrestrial,” as Grace, a former occupant of Sam’s new home?

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The Chicago attraction, which is scheduled to open June 19, also will set at least two other modern-era records for a former White House occupant: time taken to be completed and project cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The application External link shows Zoox is looking for release from certain requirements ranging from occupant crash protection to windshield wiping and defrosting.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Police are continuing to search for the sole occupant of a creel boat after it washed ashore in Aberdeenshire.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

There he would be the only occupant of his aerodynamic buggy, but he’d have a community of people riding along on his shoulder.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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