as in inhabitants
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of residents
The company will pick up items like yard and food waste from residents.
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Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Weak shaking was observed in Glenbrook and the surrounding area, where several residents reported experiencing the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Later that year, Cobb was charged with seven felonies related to confronting residents with a gun.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Details of the projects have not been released, despite concerns about transparency from residents and planning commissioners.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
As Greengrass was editing the picture, wildfires tore through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena in Southern California, killing residents and destroying homes.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Today, Haumont has life-size cardboard cutouts of its former residents.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The city also houses a small airport that funnels residents of about 50 Alaska Native villages to Anchorage for shopping and medical treatment.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
While the town's change is indisputable—and some of this change isn’t great, including environmental destruction and the displacement of residents—there are a handful of properties along Tulum’s famed beach road that still do tourism right.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Weak shaking was observed in Glenbrook and the surrounding area, where several residents reported experiencing the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Later that year, Cobb was charged with seven felonies related to confronting residents with a gun.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Details of the projects have not been released, despite concerns about transparency from residents and planning commissioners.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
As Greengrass was editing the picture, wildfires tore through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena in Southern California, killing residents and destroying homes.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Today, Haumont has life-size cardboard cutouts of its former residents.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The city also houses a small airport that funnels residents of about 50 Alaska Native villages to Anchorage for shopping and medical treatment.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
While the town's change is indisputable—and some of this change isn’t great, including environmental destruction and the displacement of residents—there are a handful of properties along Tulum’s famed beach road that still do tourism right.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for residents
Noun
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Keeping a zoo clean and livable for its animal inhabitants guzzles a lot of power.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Sep. 2025
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But unlike the billions of other web-using inhabitants of planet Earth, the 72-year-old Canter feels an ever-so-slight twinge of culpability for all that digital junk that rockets across the internet each day.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All six occupants in the second vehicle were members of the lacrosse team, according to Marquette officials.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Seating is marketed for five, but three second-row occupants are transported intimately.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No tenants were named in the available documents.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Unlike traditional property management that maintains a steady-state asset, bridge management is designed to keep properties financially viable, tenants supported, and communities engaged through years of redevelopment, repurposing, or significant change.—
Kristin Mueller,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Residents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residents. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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