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
Sara Doody Mid-Century Lift-Top Coffee Table Apartment dwellers will love this space-saving coffee table with a convenient lift-top that doubles as a kitchen table and work desk.
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Ali Faccenda, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Condo dwellers who are also property taxpayers within the city have historically paid private haulers for their trash pick-up and have never enjoyed free trash hauling by the city.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Still, Ookla editorial director Sue Marek suspects some urban dwellers are adopting Starlink partly due to dissatisfaction with traditional ISPs.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
The buildings and bridges in cities become home to bats, birds, and other urban dwellers, at the cost of learning to use more natural nesting sites.
—Daniel T. Blumstein, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Green noise may genuinely help shift workers or city dwellers dealing with disruptive environmental noise, and people with racing thoughts or nighttime anxiety who benefit from a quiet auditory anchor.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
But, mostly, city dwellers are deprived of the true glories of the season.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
The clash between the democratic socialist mayor and the moderate Democrat Council speaker comes as city dwellers await the passage of the state budget, which has a large bearing on the city’s fiscal situation this year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Ali Faccenda, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Condo dwellers who are also property taxpayers within the city have historically paid private haulers for their trash pick-up and have never enjoyed free trash hauling by the city.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Still, Ookla editorial director Sue Marek suspects some urban dwellers are adopting Starlink partly due to dissatisfaction with traditional ISPs.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
The buildings and bridges in cities become home to bats, birds, and other urban dwellers, at the cost of learning to use more natural nesting sites.
—Daniel T. Blumstein, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Green noise may genuinely help shift workers or city dwellers dealing with disruptive environmental noise, and people with racing thoughts or nighttime anxiety who benefit from a quiet auditory anchor.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
But, mostly, city dwellers are deprived of the true glories of the season.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
The clash between the democratic socialist mayor and the moderate Democrat Council speaker comes as city dwellers await the passage of the state budget, which has a large bearing on the city’s fiscal situation this year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweller
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Greenhaven had racked up years of health violations, including from letting untrained workers administer medications, lacking enough employees to care for people with dementia, and neglecting a resident who smeared feces over his body, bed, floor, and bathroom, the notice said.—
Jordan Rau,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Chicago Heights resident did take more than a year off from a nursing program at Rasmussen University to get the migraines under control and was already dealing with a thyroid problem.—
Janice Neumann,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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In 1904, when Elizabeth was born, there were probably about 200 Jews in a town with somewhere around 6,000 inhabitants.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
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Almost half of Haiti’s nearly 12 million inhabitants already face high levels of acute food insecurity.—
Evens Sanon,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another occupant was uninjured, fire officials said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2026
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The clip later showed police escorting the car's occupants from the pond to shore.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Dweller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweller. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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