CLIFF DWELLERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

cliff dwellers

noun

plural of cliff dweller

as in residents

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Noun

Lineage has been a pariah in the community, with residents and Los Angeles officials speaking out after the company missed the city’s 45-day deadline to remove the waste.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The board’s original August notice alleged that visitors parked along private streets and could impede residents or emergency vehicles.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

Its inhabitants won their freedom from Spain by royal decree in 1691.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The film offers a portrait of a remote Salvadoran village whose inhabitants carry the memory of a massacre during the country’s civil war.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of inhabitants

Noun

All three occupants were evaluated for smoke inhalation at the scene and were taken to an area hospital, according to fire officials.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
The school district said a student received minor injuries, however the patrol wrote the school bus occupants were not injured.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of occupants

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Molis Augustave is among dozens of Haitian nationals expected to be placed aboard an Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter flight in Alexandria, Louisiana, and deported to Haiti on Thursday.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Although the Mexican government does not require aspiring nationals to state their reason for acquiring citizenship, Carlos González Gutiérrez, consul general of Mexico in Los Angeles, believes the cause for the uptick to be political.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of nationals

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Oakland is implementing a new encampment policy that allows inhabited vehicles to be cited and towed more quickly, drawing the ire of RV dwellers who say the city is reneging on its promises.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
The change in psychological distress levels since the pandemic was twice as large for solo dwellers in remote-friendly jobs compared with those who live with others, the Science study found.

— Cordilia James, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dwellers

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Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

Definition of habitants

Noun

The New Jersey natives performed on Thanksgiving in 2022 in Dallas when the Cowboys defeated the New York Giants.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026
Some longtime residents are Milwaukee natives, but many migrated from the South or nearby Midwestern states and made this city their home.

— April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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