as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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as in nonmigratory
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Recent Examples of resident
Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Inside one northern Gaza resident's harrowing return to a shattered home
Kerry Breen
Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2025
Their resident sweet tamal, a fluorescent red strawberry tamal ($3), is served with a salted caramel sauce.
—Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Kelley emphasized the broader impact of the budget impasse on county services and residents.
—Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Inside one northern Gaza resident's harrowing return to a shattered home
Kerry Breen
Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Kristin Hostetter is the Head of Sustainability at Outside Interactive, Inc. and the resident sustainability columnist on Outside Online.
—Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2025
Their resident sweet tamal, a fluorescent red strawberry tamal ($3), is served with a salted caramel sauce.
—Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
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Your mission: gather data on its inhabitants and uncover secrets that could reshape our understanding of reality itself.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Across town from the inaugural speeches and Presidential pardons, high-fashion billionaire balls and limousine motorcades, some traumatized inhabitants of Washington, D.C., were pinning their hopes on two panda cubs at the National Zoo.—
Robin Wright,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 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
Noun
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Added to this are front cross-traffic alert, Proactive Driving Assist, which modulates braking and steering relative to other vehicles on the road, and Safe Exit Assist, which warns occupants if a vehicle or bicyclist is approaching from the rear to help avoid collisions when a door is opened.—
Doug Newcomb,
PCMAG,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hours later, a Cybertruck exploded in Las Vegas, injuring passersby and incinerating its lone occupant and the man responsible for the detonation, Matthew Livelsberger, who committed suicide by firearm.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The agency additionally maintains stationary waterfowl hunting blinds which are allocated to duck and goose hunters using a lottery system.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The president, during his first term, also used Sharpies to sign official documents and make notes and even had the stationary company design a custom pen, embossed with his signature in gold, for him, according to The New York Times and Business Insider.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Even an immobile Neymar would probably still give good marketing material, after all.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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While cold-stunned, iguanas remain alive but immobile, posing potential hazards to unsuspecting people and vehicles.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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