as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of resident
Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
Nearly 10 years after SpaceX began operating in a small community in Cameron County just a few miles inland of the Gulf Coast, employees who live there and other residents will vote to incorporate their Starbase community as Texas’ newest city.
—Daniel Larlham, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2025
Sign up for the Saltwater Lagoon experience to swim with schools of tropical fish and interact with the resort's resident Aldabra giant tortoises.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Still, most view local parks, playgrounds and cultural offerings positively, which helps attract residents and tourists, the report said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025
Nearly 10 years after SpaceX began operating in a small community in Cameron County just a few miles inland of the Gulf Coast, employees who live there and other residents will vote to incorporate their Starbase community as Texas’ newest city.
—Daniel Larlham, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
Adjective
On April 21, the Burleson City Council approved the $320,000 needed to continue construction on Phase 1.
Burleson Parks and Recreation Director Jen Basham said this space is unique because it was almost completely designed using resident input.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2025
Sign up for the Saltwater Lagoon experience to swim with schools of tropical fish and interact with the resort's resident Aldabra giant tortoises.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
Noun
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In the late 90s and early 2000s, the team from La Coruña — a fishing city in northwest Spain of roughly 250,000 inhabitants — conquered the imagination of fans across Europe, overthrowing the Real Madrid-Barcelona duopoly to win La Liga and the Copa del Rey.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Heard and McDonald Islands have zero human inhabitants.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 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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And if one single layer of darkened wall still seems insufficient separation from the utilitarian human in front, the much more important rear occupants can also deploy the 65-inch flexible cinema display stored away below the floor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2025
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The story centers on Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel), the owner and sole occupant of Double K Ranch, who is mourning the loss of his wife.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, Johnson remained stationary in the far right lane.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
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Microbes that can form such a mass — and many can, as biofilms are one of the planet’s most common life forms, encompassing 40% to 80% of all prokaryotic life — gained the ability to anchor themselves to stationary surfaces, such as the grooves of our teeth or the bumpy exterior of a boulder.—
Carrie Arnold,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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It must be performed during a visit to a clinic, however, and requires the patient to remain immobile.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes they are also used off-label, for treatment-resistant depression, or catatonia, a syndrome that can cause a patient to move in unusual ways, become immobile or stop talking.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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