The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word RESIDENCES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does RESIDENCES mean?
RESIDENCES noun- The place where one lives; one's home.
- A building used as a home.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- The place where anything rests permanently.
- Subsidence, as of a sediment
- That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- A base of Russian espionage operations within a foreign country.