as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of resident
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
Two residents of Singapore who were onboard the cruise ship during the outbreak and were on the same flight as the patient who later died have tested negative for the virus, Singaporean officials say.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 7 May 2026
Members pay association fees, plus the regular resident and non-resident rates, to golf at Granada and had guaranteed weekly play times.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
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Noun
Those arguments will also weigh a claim from the ACLU that the map includes a crucial error that placed more than 870 Kansas City residents in two separate districts at the same time.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
Two residents of Singapore who were onboard the cruise ship during the outbreak and were on the same flight as the patient who later died have tested negative for the virus, Singaporean officials say.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Adjective
Halina Shamshur is the resident botany expert at Plantum, a plant identification and care app.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 7 May 2026
Members pay association fees, plus the regular resident and non-resident rates, to golf at Granada and had guaranteed weekly play times.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
Noun
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Mischie’s comedy takes place in a remote, mountainous village in Romania where every one of the inhabitants has applied for government benefits, claiming disabilities of various kinds.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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If an ostrich egg reveals rainy conditions, that means an individual human settlement likely also felt that precipitation—and maybe the inhabitants changed their behavior accordingly.—
Hannah Richter,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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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Other occupants identified, prior deportations noted A passenger was detained on an immigration hold, while a third occupant fled and has not been located.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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District Chief Fred Caprio of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services said all other drivers and vehicle occupants involved in the crash were uninjured.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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As the world sprints toward a greener grid, the demand for stationary storage is skyrocketing.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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His nomadic spirit inspired Wanderer designer Mark Cotto to buy the vehicle and convert it into a stationary art piece topped with surfboards perfect as a backdrop for Instagram stories.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Also on display at Greene Naftali are a number of his immobile fabric figures and abstract line drawings.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Searching for immobile subjects involves moving slowly and stopping to look around you (including behind, below and above).—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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