as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of resident
Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
He was eventually arrested around 8 p.m. He was treated for unspecified injuries sustained during the struggle with residents, officials said.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Fort Worth officially broke the 1 million resident threshold in 2024, according to federal tallies.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
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Noun
Discontent in the working class neighborhood near Little Lake Conway has been simmering for more than a year but boiled over in September when a disquieted group of residents appeared before commissioners to plead for help.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025
He was eventually arrested around 8 p.m. He was treated for unspecified injuries sustained during the struggle with residents, officials said.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
Adjective
Known as usurpation, Africanized honey bees are known to do this, killing the resident queen.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Fort Worth officially broke the 1 million resident threshold in 2024, according to federal tallies.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
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And while there have been many inhabitants of the building over the years, local legend says that at least one person has yet to leave: The ghost of Don Liborio, a merchant allegedly walled alive for the death of a young woman, is said to haunt the place.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
5 June 2025
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For centuries before Ferdinand Magellan first set foot here in 1521, the inhabitants were natural seafarers, docking on its islands and thriving aboard floating communities on boats called balangay, a word that today has come to mean the country’s smallest political unit, or village.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
5 June 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
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The latter is down from the previous occupant of the Tuesday-Friday time slot, Alex Wagner Tonight, which averaged 1.3 million viewers of its run from 2022 to 2025.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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The two occupants of the jet ski stopped and started to turn back, but then sped away after apparently realizing Moore was injured.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The Elkhorn site includes 256 stationary Tesla Megapacks — essentially shipping container-sized units filled with battery modules.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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That’s why energy harvesting like solar panels remains a niche solution today, better suited for stationary or ultra-low-power robots.—
James Pikul,
The Conversation,
2 June 2025
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Video posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across a long stretch of road, with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Time,
27 Apr. 2025
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The face itself looked fine — a bit glowy at times and immobile around the eyes — but its novelty quickly wore off.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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