cliff dwellers

Definition of cliff dwellersnext
plural of cliff dweller

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff dwellers
Noun
  • Local residents have advocated for a more permanent solution to the violent elephant encounters, and for the families of the deceased to be compensated.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
  • According to organizers, the ICE Out for Good Rally in Columbia is calling on Howard County residents to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE's actions.
    Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Following yet another renovation, the city’s inhabitants eventually relocated again to the quickly burgeoning city of Gothenburg, which remains a major center today.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The title refers to the series' universal optimism pandemic that has somehow swept the planet, creating one unnaturally cheerful global society out of the planet's billions of inhabitants.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Malachi and the other occupants of the Camry had to be extricated from the vehicle before being transported to the hospital, police said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
  • This evolution aims to transform the vehicle interior into a drive-less environment where occupants can engage with entertainment and other activities.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Governments such as those of Spain and Italy demanded in vain the release of several of its nationals.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In June, the State Department suspended visa issuance, such as visitor and student visas, to those from certain countries, including Venezuela, under a presidential proclamation restricting the entry of foreign nationals based on terrorism and public safety threats.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The forest had taught him that city dwellers could often be regulated by cruel and rather unpredictable codes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Communities that now seem remote to city dwellers were, for centuries, important stops on the trade and migration routes that shaped European history.
    Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Two-time Farmers champion Brandt Snedeker (2012, 2016) and San Diego natives Charley Hoffman and Michael Kim also are entered.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Some of those gathered were Venezuelan natives themselves.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Cliff dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff%20dwellers. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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