in residence

phrase

: engaged to live and work at a particular place often for a specified time

poet in residence at a university

Examples of in residence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Carlos Simon has been the NSO’s composer in residence for the last five years, and Noseda has revived and recorded an essential album of works by George Walker. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

In early 2017 a festival cut of Mandela’s Gun was requested by the speaker of the UK Houses of Parliament to be screened in honor of President Nelson Mandela in the Speakers State Rooms where Mandela had been in residence. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

Cal is a fellow of MacDowell and Yaddo, has been a writer in residence at Gladstone’s Library and at the Jan Michalski Foundation in Switzerland, and was named a 2022 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. — Big Think, 31 July 2026

Ivan Oransky is the executive director of the center and distinguished journalist in residence at New York University’s Arthur Carter Journalism Institute. — Ivan Oransky, STAT, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1727, in the meaning defined above