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
Today, about 90% of Greenland's 56,562 inhabitants describe themselves as Inuit, a people indigenous to Arctic regions.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Passersby pause to take in the beauty of her native plants or offer a compliment, and children, mouths agape and fingers pointing, marvel at the buzzing inhabitants.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
Its few dozen inhabitants study climate, sea ice, cosmic rays, meteorology, glaciology and biodiversity.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Once the familiar franchise fog creeps into town, a wave of red spider lilies crashes behind it, warping Ebisugaoka and its inhabitants with a sickly red and pink glow.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Most estimates fall between fifty and one hundred million inhabitants.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
One of the authorities’ stated aims was the preservation of Bologna’s historic center, the idea being that to preserve was not to ossify but to invigorate, for the benefit of the inhabitants.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Too long for the inhabitants enduring it all.
—Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Passersby pause to take in the beauty of her native plants or offer a compliment, and children, mouths agape and fingers pointing, marvel at the buzzing inhabitants.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
Its few dozen inhabitants study climate, sea ice, cosmic rays, meteorology, glaciology and biodiversity.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Once the familiar franchise fog creeps into town, a wave of red spider lilies crashes behind it, warping Ebisugaoka and its inhabitants with a sickly red and pink glow.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Most estimates fall between fifty and one hundred million inhabitants.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
One of the authorities’ stated aims was the preservation of Bologna’s historic center, the idea being that to preserve was not to ossify but to invigorate, for the benefit of the inhabitants.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Too long for the inhabitants enduring it all.
—Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabitants
Noun
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Displaced residents were given accommodations at a temporary shelter opened by the City of San Jose in collaboration with the Red Cross, authorities added.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Other Korean restaurants in Fort Worth Fort Worth Foodies Facebook group members suggested a few other Korean restaurants in the city that residents can visit after Sam Won’s closing.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seven total occupants of the vehicles were taken to local hospitals, one of them by air ambulance due to the severity of their injuries, Nunez said.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Officers stopped the car and detained both occupants without incident.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Inhabitants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitants. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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