as in residents
one who lives permanently in a place
the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Recent Examples of inhabitants
As a result, its inhabitants are going hungry.
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Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
One interesting question is how children born and raised on Mars would view their relationship to Earth and its inhabitants.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
His calm authority, wit, and quiet moral certainty is challenged by escalating reports of a mysterious affliction hitting the inhabitants of New York and beyond.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
That doesn’t mean things have always been done right; reports that police and sanitation workers have in some circumstances simply discarded or destroyed inhabitants’ belongings without giving them the ability to pack up are shameful.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Memories differ between the island inhabitants and Hein.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Rather than scrolling, people are reading of the mist that obscures Yorkshire moors and its inhabitants’ judgments.
—Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Slovenia’s population tips past two million by only a hair — containing 500,000 fewer inhabitants than Brooklyn alone — and yet many of their athletes sit atop global sport.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, some of those astronomers began speculating that, like our planet and its inhabitants, the very stars were subject to change, forming and growing and eventually dying.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
One interesting question is how children born and raised on Mars would view their relationship to Earth and its inhabitants.
—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
His calm authority, wit, and quiet moral certainty is challenged by escalating reports of a mysterious affliction hitting the inhabitants of New York and beyond.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
That doesn’t mean things have always been done right; reports that police and sanitation workers have in some circumstances simply discarded or destroyed inhabitants’ belongings without giving them the ability to pack up are shameful.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
Memories differ between the island inhabitants and Hein.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Rather than scrolling, people are reading of the mist that obscures Yorkshire moors and its inhabitants’ judgments.
—Hannah Benson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
Slovenia’s population tips past two million by only a hair — containing 500,000 fewer inhabitants than Brooklyn alone — and yet many of their athletes sit atop global sport.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, some of those astronomers began speculating that, like our planet and its inhabitants, the very stars were subject to change, forming and growing and eventually dying.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabitants
Noun
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The program is one of several that Mama’s Kitchen offers for San Diego residents with HIV, cancer, congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease and other critical illnesses.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Above the Bio Barray mansions is a reservoir providing 90% of the water for Freetown residents.—
ED DAVEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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By testing seasonal changes, different numbers of occupants, and how people behave in offices, the researchers showed that the model can reliably identify more efficient and comfortable configurations, giving designers a much clearer basis for choosing the best energy-saving options.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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The occupants — two adults, two children and a dog — were able to exit before firefighters arrived, Anaszewicz said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Inhabitants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitants. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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