as in residents
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 dwellers
Those members include new homeowners, households without kids, and city dwellers who don’t have mortgages or abundant pantry space.
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Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
What do city dwellers, insomniacs, and babies have in common?
—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
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
Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
What do city dwellers, insomniacs, and babies have in common?
—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
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 dwellers
Noun
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Authorities asked residents in the immediate area of 75th Street North and Inwood Way North to shelter in place during the search.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the iLounge workspace gives work-from-home residents a convenient hub for productivity and the outdoor fireplace and lounge provides a cozy space to unwind after a long day.—
Liz Ohanesian,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The film begins with a flashback scene to the beginning of the rage virus, then flashes forward 28 years to an isolated island near the Scottish Highlands, where its inhabitants are isolated from the zombie-like creatures that roam the mainland.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Part of the problem has been that crash tests are designed to measure impact survivability, not whether occupants can quickly get out of the vehicle afterward.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 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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“Dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwellers. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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