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
Don’t limit yourself to wearing these shoes in nautical destinations—even city dwellers are getting in on this trend.
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Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This is hot-button subject matter, no doubt, presented in a way that could reinforce the left’s worst beliefs about the right and make the right think the left sees them all as awful, racist woods-dwellers.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The controversy spotlighted the growing gap between rural and urban dwellers.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
City dwellers, these 11 burgers are worth the drive.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
The president prefers posting AI slop videos of himself dumping excrement on city-dwellers than working for them.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Lechuza Beach For sun dwellers in search of a quieter side to Malibu, Gregory Day (the managing director at Malibu Beach Inn) suggests Lechuza Beach as a tranquil option.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Occupying roughly three square feet of floor space, Dynamic Saunas’ Barcelona model is an ideal infrared sauna for urban apartment dwellers.
—Dean Stattmann, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
That being said, many city dwellers don't have this option.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
This is hot-button subject matter, no doubt, presented in a way that could reinforce the left’s worst beliefs about the right and make the right think the left sees them all as awful, racist woods-dwellers.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
The controversy spotlighted the growing gap between rural and urban dwellers.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
City dwellers, these 11 burgers are worth the drive.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
The president prefers posting AI slop videos of himself dumping excrement on city-dwellers than working for them.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Lechuza Beach For sun dwellers in search of a quieter side to Malibu, Gregory Day (the managing director at Malibu Beach Inn) suggests Lechuza Beach as a tranquil option.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Occupying roughly three square feet of floor space, Dynamic Saunas’ Barcelona model is an ideal infrared sauna for urban apartment dwellers.
—Dean Stattmann, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
That being said, many city dwellers don't have this option.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwellers
Noun
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The houses, often apartments inside the city’s tall residential buildings, strike so much fear among residents that anyone willing to live there can negotiate hefty discounts in one of the world’s most expensive property markets.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The death toll from heavy floods in central Vietnam has risen to 13, the government said Friday, as residents of the flooded city of Hoi An started cleanup operations as the water levels began to subside.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From Jason Voorhees terrorizing all visitors of Camp Crystal Lake to Michael Myers persistently haunting the inhabitants of Haddonfield, Illinois, horror movies have relied on the silence and mystique of their main antagonists for decades.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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This mountain town of about 60,000 inhabitants was called home by a group of six athletes who would eventually become ski superstars in the 1950s.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson had said Tulane officials reported the monkeys were not infectious, despite initial reports by the truck’s occupants warning that the monkeys were dangerous and harboring various diseases.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson said initial reports from the truck's occupants warned that the monkeys were dangerous and potentially carried diseases.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwellers. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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