habitant

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Recent Examples of habitant Unlike conventional designs, Cabin of Maze is designed to disorient, challenge, and surprise its habitants though its meandering corridors and passageways. New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025 Many of Murphy’s encounters have the eerie magic of habitants of two planets getting to know one another. David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024 Hippo Cove holds up to four hippos, so if one of the females gets pregnant and has a baby, then a current habitant will have to go. The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024 In many cases this summer, habitants of homeless encampments are having to pick up their belongings and find a new place to pitch their tent. Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023 The bar already has its particular audience -- the military, students and young professionals of the creative industries, some actors and painters -- typical habitants of the Podil district of Kyiv, popular with its cultural places. Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 2 June 2023 Meanwhile, a deadly, self-replicating, microparticle structure is growing exponentially, eating the jungle and killing nearby tribal habitants. Don Oldenburg, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019 Chidi, the professor and philosophy nerd, winds up trying to teach his co-habitants—and himself, and even the reforming demon played by Danson—on how to be a good person who can actually make it to the Good Place despite their past sins. Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2019 Its walls completely enclose the living area so as to protect its habitants from the elements! Jay Willis, GQ, 2 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitant
Noun
  • Head to the Museum of the Cherokee People to explore exhibits that chronicle the history, heritage, and arts of the region’s earliest inhabitants.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • When teen, Kat (Christina Ricci) and her pseudo spiritual medium dad (Bill Pullman) are hired to rid a haunted mansion of its ghostly inhabitants, Kat ends up meeting a friendly ghost named Casper.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • My priority is transparent, accountable leadership that puts residents first and keeps our community affordable, safe and thriving for all.
    Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
  • While federal officials maintain that only criminals are being targeted, local advocates and community leaders say lawful residents and families with pending cases have also been detained, deepening fears that the crackdown is casting too wide a net and eroding public trust.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As a result, first responders used kayaks to rescue the occupants from their backyard as the house went up in flames.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The story follows So-ri, who after transferring schools finds a mysterious letter from the previous desk occupant, sparking a search for hidden letters and personal discovery.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Habitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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