dwellers

plural of dweller

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Recent Examples of dwellers Pick wild apples—or go to the farmer’s market For city dwellers, Przystup recommends going to the flower market or the farmer’s market, or a classic stroll through Central Park. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 Even though the season’s still young, the Dolphins and the Chargers, who coincidentally have two former Dolphins head coaches on its offensive staff, are the NFL’s bottom-dwellers this season. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 Under Smotrich, the finance minister whose portfolio includes settlement policy, and Ben Gvir, the national security minister — both settlement dwellers themselves — constraints on settlers have largely fallen away. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026 While plenty of city dwellers would love to ditch their cars for a bike, some things—grocery shopping, daycare pickup—are still difficult to do on a regular two-wheeler. — Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 But locks evolved rapidly in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when growing numbers of city dwellers became increasingly concerned about rising theft and the security of their property. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 Gray noise, per The New York Times, may sound like wind blowing or steady rainfall and works for apartment dwellers sensitive to sharp or fluctuating noises. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026 The service As elsewhere in Bahia, service is warm and friendly—albeit not quite as fast and efficient as city-dwellers may expect. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Modern farmhouse dwellers and cottagecore fanatics, take note. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwellers
Noun
  • And so far, things seem to be operating smoothly — something local residents have grown to expect, given the high caliber of local elections officials and the careful oversight of political parties.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Cook County commissioners are looking to take a digital leap to help protect residents’ data from the grasp of immigration enforcement agents.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Rugged island Flores, located in the southeast of the Indonesian archipelago, is one of a handful of islands in the world’s most populous Muslim nation with a Christian majority, with 80% of its two million inhabitants identifying as Roman Catholic.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Montaukett, the original inhabitants of the Hamptons, were stripped of their land and tribal rights a century ago.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And the office has a history of being a political graveyard for its former occupants who have been frustrated in efforts to reach higher office.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • As the balloon and its occupants fell to the ground, the nylon envelope and the gondola separated, and the wreckage scattered over a roughly 100-yard area, parts of it blackened by the explosion and resulting fire.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwellers. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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