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
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.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
Rural and suburban dwellers, having left the city during the pandemic, are now wasting 12 hours or more in transit a week due to return-to-office mandates.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 29 Nov. 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
The time has arrived for desert-dwellers staying in Phoenix for Thanksgiving to brag about their food comas by the pool as friends and family from the north head to dinner in the cold.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
Equally significant, urban turkeys are also sparking a connection to nature among city dwellers.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Hit a culinary homer The Atlanta Braves’ 2013 decision to leave the struggling Summerhill neighborhood, just south of downtown, for a new stadium in the suburbs was met with lusty boos by city dwellers.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2024
But the researchers suspected that bringing these deep-sea dwellers to the surface and subject it to different temperatures, pressure, and light would stress the creature and make any measurements unreliable.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The back deck looks out over the forest, and there’s also a pool for swimming, lounging, or simply admiring (at a certain point for city-dwellers, pools become such a novelty).
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
Rural and suburban dwellers, having left the city during the pandemic, are now wasting 12 hours or more in transit a week due to return-to-office mandates.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 29 Nov. 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
The time has arrived for desert-dwellers staying in Phoenix for Thanksgiving to brag about their food comas by the pool as friends and family from the north head to dinner in the cold.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
Equally significant, urban turkeys are also sparking a connection to nature among city dwellers.
—Anne Readel, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Hit a culinary homer The Atlanta Braves’ 2013 decision to leave the struggling Summerhill neighborhood, just south of downtown, for a new stadium in the suburbs was met with lusty boos by city dwellers.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2024
But the researchers suspected that bringing these deep-sea dwellers to the surface and subject it to different temperatures, pressure, and light would stress the creature and make any measurements unreliable.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The back deck looks out over the forest, and there’s also a pool for swimming, lounging, or simply admiring (at a certain point for city-dwellers, pools become such a novelty).
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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