CLIFF DWELLERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

cliff dwellers

noun

plural of cliff dweller

as in residents

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Noun

Baltimore-area residents can expect a mostly sunny and comfortable Saturday before temperatures climb into the 90s and chances for showers and thunderstorms return during the coming week.

— The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2026
His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.

— Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

Before emergency crews arrived, witnesses pulled the occupants out of the burning car.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
Officers stopped the car and detained the occupants, identified as a 36-year-old man, a 34-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of occupants

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Many of the dozens missing in its environs were foreign nationals, chiefly Indian or Indian-origin pilgrims who were returning from, or preparing to make, the journey further into Tibet to Mount Kailash, a holy site for Hindus and Buddhists.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The Nepal Tourism Board said 261 foreign nationals have been rescued.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of nationals

Noun

It’s seen as particularly beneficial for apartment dwellers and renters and would provide users with a relatively inexpensive way to lower their electrical bills by generating some of their own electricity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
For instance, more than half of African city dwellers live in slums, meaning their homes are impermanent, overcrowded, and often without easy access to water and toilets.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dwellers

Noun

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

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