as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place
the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with
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Recent Examples of dweller
What do city dwellers, insomniacs, and babies have in common?
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
This is not your older brother's Illinois-Indiana matchup between Big Ten cellar-dwellers.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The state with the highest proportion of HOA-dwellers is Vermont.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Two sperm whales hanging out in Southern California in recent weeks and days has whale enthusiasts excited about the deep-water dwellers’ visit off local waters.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
City dwellers always miss out Unfortunately, because of the tremendous increase in light pollution over the past 50-years, the majority of our current generation has never really seen the night sky in all its grandeur.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
For city-dwellers that battle hard water, dry, cold air, and random bouts of sidewalk grate humidity — this is the duo your brittle strands need.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Often considered a desert dweller, this bird does have a local migration pattern, spending December to May in eastern deserts for nesting, then moving to the coastal slopes for summer and fall.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
The contrast has consequences for land-dwellers like ourselves, as every degree of global warming will be amplified over land.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
This is not your older brother's Illinois-Indiana matchup between Big Ten cellar-dwellers.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The state with the highest proportion of HOA-dwellers is Vermont.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Two sperm whales hanging out in Southern California in recent weeks and days has whale enthusiasts excited about the deep-water dwellers’ visit off local waters.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
City dwellers always miss out Unfortunately, because of the tremendous increase in light pollution over the past 50-years, the majority of our current generation has never really seen the night sky in all its grandeur.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
For city-dwellers that battle hard water, dry, cold air, and random bouts of sidewalk grate humidity — this is the duo your brittle strands need.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Often considered a desert dweller, this bird does have a local migration pattern, spending December to May in eastern deserts for nesting, then moving to the coastal slopes for summer and fall.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
The contrast has consequences for land-dwellers like ourselves, as every degree of global warming will be amplified over land.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweller
Noun
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At least 900 tourists were stranded near the Inca citadel on Tuesday after the train service PeruRail was suspended on Monday because the route was blocked amid protests between local residents and authorities, Reuters reported.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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And city residents will pay $5 a day to park in lots a farther out.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And sticking close to home may pay untold dividends for inhabitants’ mental health, Gorman said.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Set in a downtown Mexico City backstreet whose inhabitants’ lives are closely interwoven, the film is split into four clear parts.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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One of the trucks caught fire and the driver, who was the sole occupant of the burning truck, died at scene, police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Sep. 2025
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The explosion blew open the front gate of the building and collided with a passing car, injuring its occupants.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Dweller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweller. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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