cliff dweller

noun

Definition of cliff dwellernext
as in resident

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Recent Examples of cliff dweller With the help of new excavations made at undisturbed sites inside and outside the park, the story of Mesa Verde and the cliff dwellers’ abandonment continues to emerge today. — Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff dweller
  1. resident
  2. national
  3. occupant
  4. inhabitant
  5. dweller
  6. subject
  7. town
  8. native
Noun
  • At 80, Smyrna resident Kay Braswell is still lacing up her hiking boots and setting out on adventures around the world.
    — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities have arrested and charged a Spokane resident with first-degree arson in one of the fires.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of resident
Noun
  • In June, the Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for foreign nationals.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The 26-year-old suspect was identified only as a foreign national who has been granted legal asylum, in line with Greece’s strict data protection laws, which generally prohibit authorities from naming criminal suspects without their consent.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of national
Noun
  • The remaining occupant, a 19-year-old from Eaton, suffered minor injuries in the crash.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Jose Manuel Lopez, 44, a Mexican national and the truck's sole occupant, was arrested and charged with importing cocaine into the United States.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of occupant
Noun
  • But Kova is shocked to discover her sweetheart taking up with someone new, who may be linked to the monsters dragging Stormwatch’s inhabitants into the ocean.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Nazca Lines are a group of extensive geoglyphs scraped into the desert around Nazca centuries ago by Peru’s Indigenous inhabitants.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhabitant
Noun
  • The Hoosiers’ rapid turnaround from longtime Big Ten bottom dweller to 16-0 national champion in Cignetti’s second season was a popular topic.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Their replacements might be anonymous shadow dwellers, but that’s OK.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of dweller
Noun
  • Pick one subject completely unrelated to your job and go deep on it for seven days—architecture, sailing, birdwatching, negotiation, astronomy, anything.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In each, though, Withers played a riff on masculinity, and while the films took different approaches to the subject, both cast him as a football star with a complicated relationship to the sport.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of subject
Noun
  • Across town in Buckhead, 70-year-old Scott Toberman spends five days a week chasing pickleballs across the court, often competing against opponents decades younger.
    — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Drones struck the nearby town of Al-Burj Al-Shamali, which was subsequently hit by a strike from a fighter jet, NNA said on Thursday, adding that people were seen fleeing toward Tyre.
    — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of town
Noun
  • The New Jersey native was working through the process of rejoining the team per the source, although his status could change depending on future court rulings.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Prior to his political pursuits, El-Sayed, a Michigan native raised by Egyptian immigrant parents, studied to be a doctor at Columbia University but didn’t pursue a traditional career in medicine.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of native

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