as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place
the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with
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Recent Examples of dweller
The contrast has consequences for land-dwellers like ourselves, as every degree of global warming will be amplified over land.
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Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
In fact, the urban dwellers profiled in this issue, who live in Toronto, Paris, London, Brooklyn, and, yes, Manhattan—all obsess over historical character and original detail, with nary a high-rise in sight.
—Amy Astley, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Round Dining Tables For apartment dwellers looking to make the most of their space, round tables have a light, airy feel that helps maximize smaller areas.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Looking longer term, O’Malley said the fall seasonal outlook isn’t promising for desert dwellers.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Long popular with beach dwellers and tourists for its scenic vistas and remote ambiance, the Outer Banks have more recently become known for the homes on eroded beaches that collapse into the ocean during hurricanes, winter nor’easters and other tidal events.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
This division saw three teams win 11 games last season, and the bottom-dweller Chicago Bears hired Ben Johnson, the hottest name in the coaching carousel the past two cycles.
—Austin Mock, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
In this way, the next generation of peninsula dwellers may prove a model for us all.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
In fact, along with sharecroppers seeking new opportunities, many Black city-dwellers likewise moved north and west to escape Jim Crow.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
In fact, the urban dwellers profiled in this issue, who live in Toronto, Paris, London, Brooklyn, and, yes, Manhattan—all obsess over historical character and original detail, with nary a high-rise in sight.
—Amy Astley, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Round Dining Tables For apartment dwellers looking to make the most of their space, round tables have a light, airy feel that helps maximize smaller areas.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Looking longer term, O’Malley said the fall seasonal outlook isn’t promising for desert dwellers.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Long popular with beach dwellers and tourists for its scenic vistas and remote ambiance, the Outer Banks have more recently become known for the homes on eroded beaches that collapse into the ocean during hurricanes, winter nor’easters and other tidal events.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
This division saw three teams win 11 games last season, and the bottom-dweller Chicago Bears hired Ben Johnson, the hottest name in the coaching carousel the past two cycles.
—Austin Mock, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
In this way, the next generation of peninsula dwellers may prove a model for us all.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
In fact, along with sharecroppers seeking new opportunities, many Black city-dwellers likewise moved north and west to escape Jim Crow.
—Sarah Rex, JSTOR Daily, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweller
Noun
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Police are asking residents to call 305-474-6473 to report sightings of stray or aggressive dogs.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Marcum, 21, a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student was home when the shooting began and was evacuated by police.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But unlike the billions of other web-using inhabitants of planet Earth, the 72-year-old Canter feels an ever-so-slight twinge of culpability for all that digital junk that rockets across the internet each day.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Assembled at Port-La Nouvelle and towed 16 km offshore, the turbines now stand ready for the final stage of cable and grid connection works done by RTE, before starting to deliver clean energy to approximately 50,000 inhabitants each year.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seating is marketed for five, but three second-row occupants are transported intimately.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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The four other occupants of the vehicle sustained nonfatal injuries and were treated on scene and at local hospitals, according to police.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Dweller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweller. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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