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Recent Examples of cliff dweller
In reality, the cliff dwellers had been Ancestral Puebloans who had migrated south to the modern pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff dweller
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This week, faced with the prospect of losing SNAP assistance and the stress of the holidays around the corner, Gabrielle, a West Virginia resident, reluctantly raised her hand in a community Facebook group.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Kump said his priorities include ensuring KCKCC is protected to maintain access to quality, affordable education and looking to expand the school to a Leavenworth campus and reducing the tax burden on Wyandotte County residents.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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Jashanpreet, an Indian national who entered the United States illegally in 2022, has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs, causing bodily injury, and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to San Bernardino County records.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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This year, Yaghi became the first Saudi national to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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One of the two 15-year-olds died at the scene, while the other two occupants of the Camry were transported to Regions Hospital with serious injuries.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Seven occupants, including the pilot, were in the balloon's basket during the crash, but none were taken to the hospital by responding ambulances, according to police.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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While the cease-fire is essential to prevent further injury and death, humanitarian aid to the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza is vital to begin transforming their situations.—
Anna Halford,
Time,
25 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories The film explores how colonial-era conflicts resurface through supernatural events, with spirits returning and black magic stirring as the legacy of empire haunts the land and its inhabitants in Bujang Valley.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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Don’t limit yourself to wearing these shoes in nautical destinations—even city dwellers are getting in on this trend.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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This is hot-button subject matter, no doubt, presented in a way that could reinforce the left’s worst beliefs about the right and make the right think the left sees them all as awful, racist woods-dwellers.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Not to mention the films and books based on the subject.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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Jim Trusty, Rozier’s attorney, strongly disputed the accusations, saying that prosecutors characterized Rozier as a subject of their investigation and not a target.—
Dana O'Neil,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Mulroney, who grew up in a small Quebec town, had an ideological affinity with the emerging trends of privatization and deregulation in 1980s Anglo-American conservatism.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Pistons were also without Caris LeVert, who was sidelined with left hamstring tightness, and Marcus Sasser, another Texas native, who has yet to make his season debut because of a right hip impingement.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kansas City native, Pyet DeSpain grew up with food at the center of many cultural festivities.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Cliff dweller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff%20dweller. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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