cliff dwellers

noun

Definition of cliff dwellersnext
plural of cliff dweller
as in residents

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  1. inhabitants
  2. occupants
  3. nationals
  4. dwellers
  5. natives
Noun
  • Genuine peril causes the game’s inhabitants to scatter.
    Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Excavations conducted at the ancient site of Shakhi Kora in northern Iraq, as part of the Sirwan Regional Project, have revealed that the inhabitants of the settlement adopted centralized governing systems but eventually abandoned them.
    Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Instead, find respite, history, and the authentic spectres of former occupants and their employees.
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The onetime occupants are always happy to be in your company.
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • Under the Biden administration, three large chartered deportation flights to China took place within six months, following the return of more than 100 migrants in June and the removal of 131 Chinese nationals in October.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Those flights have had a hundred or so people on board each time, despite over 38,000 encounters with Chinese nationals along the southwest border in Fiscal Year 2024.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of nationals
Noun
  • Not surprisingly, though, apartment dwellers are at the greatest risk for porch piracy, with 8 percent of respondents reporting having had a package stolen within the past three months.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This is a good option for studio apartment or dorm room-dwellers, or for people who typically cook one serving at a time.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of dwellers
Noun
  • Gen Z, known as digital natives of technology, see work and life seamlessly happening across personal and professional spaces through technology.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The small-scale music festival — which first took place in December 2014 — sees the New Jersey natives perform alongside their friends and favorite bands to commemorate the end of the year.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of natives
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