as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of resident
Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
New York City’s wealthiest residents already pay the highest non-federal income taxes in the country.
—Connor Greene, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
In some cases, others can be buried after paying a non-resident fee.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The polls had him on top for months, and his decision to focus his mayoral campaign on cost-of-living issues proved to be the right one in a city where residents are increasingly squeezed between growing rents and ever costlier public services.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
New York City’s wealthiest residents already pay the highest non-federal income taxes in the country.
—Connor Greene, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
After a two year, $25 million restoration, Freedom Tower has reopened in downtown Miami just in time for its centennial – and so has its resident art museum.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
In some cases, others can be buried after paying a non-resident fee.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
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The first urban inhabitants drank wine, a recent archaeological survey found, after discovering the rare wine press near Tel Megiddo in Israel’s north.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The title refers to the series' universal optimism pandemic that has somehow swept the planet, creating one unnaturally cheerful global society out of the planet's billions of inhabitants.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Though native to East Africa and nonmigratory, the snail has made its way around the world, including to other parts of Africa, Hawaii, the Pacific islands, the Caribbean, Brazil and much of subtropical Asia.—
Kelsey Ables,
Washington Post,
21 June 2023
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So, there's a chance that the commercial populations were simply originally source from a nonmigratory population.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
25 June 2019
Noun
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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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Three of four occupants were transported to area hospitals, Boles said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Once stationary, turn off all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights are not illuminated, reducing the risk of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
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Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There’s no forgetting the (quite long) final scene in which the shirtless star does his best to sell a battle between himself and a mostly immobile Satan as nothing less than the ultimate clash between good and evil (while one of Thor’s songs plays on the soundtrack, naturally).—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Except when the characters are actually working among the vines, the cast’s performances are largely immobile and their speech declamatory.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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