How to Use resident in a Sentence

resident

1 of 2 adjective
  • Several tribes are resident in this part of the country.
  • The southern zoo has two resident sun bears – Xander and Sabah.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • One of the young beavers appears to have paired up with a resident beaver who already lived a bit downstream, Cook said.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Of the children, Brooke is also the one quickest to defend Stan, as the resident daddy's girl.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Allegedly, the cave is home to a resident seal, as elusive as the Loch Ness monster.
    Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Our resident thrifty father shares the tools he’s relied on.
    Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Baker, a New Zealand native trained and now resident in England, was a name new to me.
    Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The camp is a sanctuary for resident wildlife species, including many of the Masai Mara’s 300 bird species.
    Karthika Gupta, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Avid bird watchers can try to spot all 25 different species of the resident wood warblers.
    Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The show addressed the backlash the next day by inviting its resident doctor to discuss coeliac.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Try the twin-track bobsled experience or take some time to hang out with the resident gentoo and king penguins.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Traffic stops are less frequent and systems have been set up to hear resident complaints.
    Kelly Puente, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • Guests are also invited to leave their mass intentions on the altar for the resident priest to offer up during the next mass, held once per month.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 17 May 2023
  • The report analyzes findings that tracked the amount of resident high net worth individuals in each city across the world.
    Essence, 19 Oct. 2023
  • After five years, retirees can apply for a resident visa.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
  • The discussion of short-term rentals in Plano has intensified over the past month amid resident concerns about safety.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The early resident nominee must have died in 2003 or before.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Two male lions had recently been reintroduced to the area and would soon be competing with the resident cheetahs for prey.
    Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The appeal came from resident group Fayetteville Strong, who said issuing the permit would diminish the quality of the area.
    Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The neighborhood also has its resident foxes and hawks.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But not everything here has the same intellectual heft; there are souvenir T-shirts and a resident cat on the premises.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Thompson said the airport area has a resident population of moose.
    Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Being able to work in the same space day in and day out as a resident artist has given Minogue the freedom to explore the room and build a creative work around audience interaction.
    Melinda Sheckells, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • So, we crowd-sourced, researched, and checked in with our resident Golden State experts to round up the best beaches California has to offer.
    Adeline Duff, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024
  • SauvBlanc and rose come in these cute reusable growlers that feature etchings by the winery’s resident artist and a finger-carry handle.
    Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • For your resident brownie lover, pair some top-notch baking chocolate with a pan that guarantees crispy edges and chewy middles for every brownie in the batch.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
  • There were also concerns that the requirement for Nevada resident crew members was too low.
    Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But today, she’s found her groove as Gen-Z’s resident emo-jazz romanticist.
    Mosha Lundström Halbert, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The main floor also includes formal living and dining rooms, a kitchen and family lounge, a study, a guest bedroom, and a suite for resident grandparents.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The City Council voted unanimously that the resident petition did not meet the legal requirements to be placed on the ballot and sought a judge’s opinion on the matter.
    Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
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resident

2 of 2 noun
  • But the former residents who have been abused say they have been left to fend for themselves.
    Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Ríos said the tunnel was designed to minimize the port’s impact on the city, but residents say that is far from the case.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Online videos showed fighting among residents in the streets and in grocery stores to grab food.
    Nicole Hong, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • Brenda Keele, a 38-year-old resident of Casper, Wyoming, said her symptoms got worse with each round of Covid.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Those in favor of the rule say short-term rentals siphon away housing that could go to full-time residents and lead to rising rent costs.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The promotion is open to U.S. residents who are 18 years or older.
    Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • In one area of Cathedral City, torrents of mud trapped residents in their homes and required the rescue of 46 people.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The meeting follows a town hall Wednesday night in which parents, residents and school staff demanded the city of Fort Worth kill the project.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • This far exceeds what most most residents of the region can afford.
    Arkansas Online, 19 July 2023
  • But the reception from the residents won her over, Echeverria said.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Daryl Lutz knows residents who may well wait a lifetime to draw a bighorn sheep.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Theft: Lark Street A male resident called the police at 9:52 p.m. on Sept. 1 to report two bicycles were stolen from his garage at some point during the day.
    cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Winfrey is a high-profile part-time resident and landowner on the island.
    Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Many residents thought the dead mammal was the whale that has attracted groups of sightseers since it was first spotted in the city’s waters in mid-July.
    Kanis Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
  • The victim was at the complex to tow a vehicle parked in another resident’s space.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The boycott continues and residents hope support for it will grow.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • It could be moved to another place where crowds wouldn’t bother residents.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The owner of The Floor Doctor, however, said the female resident who complained about the noise should be held accountable for the shooting.
    Emma Colton, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Based on the tombs and the treasures within, the deceased were likely wealthy landowners or high-ranking residents, the museum said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The court found in part that circumstances for Black residents had improved since the firing of its former police chief Sam Dobbins.
    Nick Valencia, CNN, 14 June 2023
  • People must call to enroll and must be residents of Highland Township.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
  • More than 80 residents were displaced by the explosion.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The great uncle of Russia’s most infamous warlord was a beloved resident of this Ukrainian city.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • About a year later, her husband fell in love with a resident at his care facility who also had the disease.
    oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
  • At least 15 people were killed, Gaza's Civil Defense spokesperson said, and residents said dozens more were believed buried.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2023
  • State officials have advised residents in the quarantine zone not to move any vegetables or fruit from their property as part of the efforts to stop the spread of the Tau fruit fly.
    Teddy Grant, ABC News, 31 July 2023
  • And for an owner who is not a full-time resident and/or doesn’t want to get their hands dirty pruning and soil testing, a caretaker can be engaged to maintain the pint-sized vineyard.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2024
  • As a result, residents said, the community had always been easy to ignore.
    Rafael Vilela, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The Eureka resident faces a robbery charge, police said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Compton residents can report the location of a pothole through the city’s official app.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024

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