as in residents
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 dwellers
The apartment also seemed to live in a separate ecosystem from the rest of my block, with the home dwellers and apartment dwellers rarely interacting.
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Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
In a classic Silver move, those bottom dwellers are actually penalized.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
At night, Bar Dryce buzzes with hip city-dwellers and, on weekends, DJ sets.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
Therefore, work-from-home professionals or city dwellers who often use other modes of transportation could save big with this brand.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
In a classic Silver move, those bottom dwellers are actually penalized.
—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
At night, Bar Dryce buzzes with hip city-dwellers and, on weekends, DJ sets.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
Therefore, work-from-home professionals or city dwellers who often use other modes of transportation could save big with this brand.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwellers
Noun
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District residents have been blanketed with anti-Bores mailers and texts.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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That program has been moving thousands of residents into hotels and motels, a fourth of whom are in permanent housing.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Mischie’s comedy takes place in a remote, mountainous village in Romania where every one of the inhabitants has applied for government benefits, claiming disabilities of various kinds.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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If an ostrich egg reveals rainy conditions, that means an individual human settlement likely also felt that precipitation—and maybe the inhabitants changed their behavior accordingly.—
Hannah Richter,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Authorities later confirmed that the aircraft, identified as a Cessna 421C, had five people on board and that all occupants died in the crash.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Winans said the Tekippes both swam to the sinking vehicle to try to rescue the occupants, and Kindall assisted in getting the two survivors to the shore.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
1 May 2026
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“Dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwellers. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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