as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place
the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Recent Examples of inhabitant
The prose must first uncover the immovable furniture, then introduce the immovable inhabitants.
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James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the Levant and were descended from Noah's grandson Canaan, according to the Old Testament.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Its ghostly inhabitants are never identified in a denominational kind of way but behave like the demons in The Exorcist and other Catholic possession films.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
There, under cover of an otherwise still night, the troops take over a seemingly ordinary home, place the inhabitants under guard and stake out the area.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the Levant and were descended from Noah's grandson Canaan, according to the Old Testament.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Its ghostly inhabitants are never identified in a denominational kind of way but behave like the demons in The Exorcist and other Catholic possession films.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025
There, under cover of an otherwise still night, the troops take over a seemingly ordinary home, place the inhabitants under guard and stake out the area.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inhabitant
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“Inhabitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitant. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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