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
  • Following a community meeting attended by more than 200 Laramie County residents, Google and its partners are establishing a Community Council to address concerns about the effects of data center expansion on Cheyenne and surrounding communities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • That's three times Saline County's library levy and five times Craighead County's, which residents halved in 2022.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • This year’s number one restaurant and also the Best Restaurant in Europe is Asador Etxebarri, which calls Atxondo, a village of less than 1,500 inhabitants in Spain’s Basque Country, home.
    — Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The town of some 3,000 inhabitants declared three days of mourning with flags at half mast at the town hall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • According to the Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office, the helicopter went down as the occupants, who have only been identified as three adult males, were taking photos of boats near Bill Baggs State Park off Key Biscayne.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • That futon-like design works in conjunction with a stowaway table to support occupants in more ergonomic in-tent dining and laptop work.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • The three foreign nationals were arrested in recent months, according to the DOJ.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Wednesday's sanctions named Indian nationals Suniel Kumar Sharma and his wife Jaspreet Preeti Shahid as operating a large-scale maritime fraud network from their base in Chandigarh.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of nationals
Noun
  • Raman began working with slum dwellers’ organizations in Delhi, first trying to stop the evictions and later documenting conditions in the resettlement colonies, pushing for running water and better sanitation.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Big-suite dwellers receive special perks, such as complimentary laundry service and in-suite espresso machines.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 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
  • El Paso natives and museum board members Barb Lancaster, John Denham and Brian Ulrich, Project XV’s curator, had known of Strother’s history, unlike other board members.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • My friends who were Philly natives were my tour guides, and I was inspired by their passion for the exhibits.
    — Lili Mei Granda Argianas, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
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