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Several tribes are resident in this part of the country.
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Most talked about the bells, which were paid for by resident donations, some in memory of people who had died, and the countless volunteer hours put into raising money for and maintaining the structure.
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The southern resident killer whale population was listed as endangered in 2005.
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The Mazda model is not a luxury car, but, as Bloomberg’s resident car expert Hannah Elliott found out, that does not mean it’s inferior.
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Noting that agriculture is a large piece of the 50th District’s economy, Burkardt asked what should be done to protect resident farm worker families from deportation.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill that lets any resident challenge material taught in their county's schools, The Washington Post reports.
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At K-State residence halls, resident assistants will complete ALICE training and the online module to prepare, said Nick Lander, the interim associate director of residence life.
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A team of researchers has isolated lack of food as the primary factor — bigger than vessel traffic, bigger than toxins — limiting recovery of resident killer whales.
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Today, about 5,000 legal permanent resident aliens, also known as green card holders, enlist each year.
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Origin and Etymology of resident
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin resident-, residens, present participle of residēre
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Definition of resident
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For much of this year, residents of Howard County have celebrated the 50th birthday of Columbia.
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Since then, tens of thousands of residents have moved in and new towers and construction cranes dominate the skyline.
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Two years ago, says a longtime resident, the site of the mall was a swamp, and Mae Sot was a poky little border town with two small grocery stores.
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That has made Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska a likely target of special treatment from the get-go, since her state is tiny in population (barely more than 700,000 residents), but rich in distinctive health-care problems.
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The soldiers fired their guns in the air to try to slow the residents down, shouting at them.
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She was selected as the honorary chairwoman of the 2015 annual luncheon the state of Maryland holds to honor state residents 100 years or older.
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Their scenario begins with impoverished residents watching their pigs and poultry fall ill, suffering high fevers and bleeding from the mucous membranes in their mouths and noses.
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In March, Burbank Unified school officials decided to stop using the weed killer after several concerned parents and residents called for the end of its use.
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First Known Use of resident
15th century
RESIDENT Defined for English Language Learners
resident
playDefinition of resident for English Language Learners
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: living in a particular place usually for a long period of time
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: working regularly at a particular place
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Definition of resident for English Language Learners
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: someone who lives in a particular place
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: a doctor who is training at a hospital to become a specialist in a particular field of medicine
RESIDENT Defined for Kids
Definition of resident for Students
: a person who lives in a place
Definition of resident for Students
1 : living in a place for some length of time
2 : serving in a full-time position a resident doctor
Medical Dictionary
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resident
Legal Definition of resident
: one who has a residence in a particular place but does not necessarily have the status of a citizen — compare citizen 1, domiciliary
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