cliff dwellers

noun

plural of cliff dweller
as in residents

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  1. residents
  2. inhabitants
  3. occupants
  4. nationals
  5. dwellers
  6. habitants
  7. natives
Noun
  • Both residents and politicians fear the court ruling would tarnish Kosovo's independence struggle.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Disenrollment rates could get worse in January, when Nebraska residents will be forced to provide additional documents to prove their qualifications.
    — STAT, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • The Engadin Valley is part of the eastern Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden with about 25,000 inhabitants and the highest mountains are in the Bernina Range.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of ignoring the noise and letting the backlash blow over, Espinal showed up to the set and posted a video explaining to New Yorkers why, in the long term, productions like this are a boon to the city and its inhabitants.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Upon arrival, officers met with the occupants of the home who directed them to the teen who had suffered a traumatic injury.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Experts say that creates a dangerous precedent for future occupants of the White House.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • And Section 702 of FISA, which allows intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless spying on foreign nationals, expired in June.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The men – identified only as British nationals between the ages of 23 and 25 and from London area – were quickly released on bail with police confirming no explosives were found in three vans at the scene.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of nationals
Noun
  • California renters, apartment dwellers and others who can’t install full rooftop solar systems are one step closer to lowering their electric bills with smaller plug-in solar panels.
    — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Hours at a time isn’t an exaggeration, especially since the 14S lasted a jaw-dropping 38 hours and 29 minutes in our video testing, which is the kind of endurance coffee shop dwellers can only dream about.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 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
Definition of habitants
Noun
  • The Trojans have yet to make a College Football Playoff under Riley's watch, causing some of the natives in Southern Cal to stir a bit.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After college, the two Florida natives drifted apart and didn’t see each other for five years.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of natives
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“Cliff dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff%20dwellers. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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