as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of resident
The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
The city's proposal includes $3 million for a subsidy program for low-income residents in single-family dwellings.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2025
After running a series of high-profile events for Rolls-Royce and Porsche, the company was recently designated the resident AV event production company for The Astorian and LeTesserae in Houston, Texas.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Trump has proposed that the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip, permanently displacing its Palestinian residents.
—The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
The city's proposal includes $3 million for a subsidy program for low-income residents in single-family dwellings.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Two resident deaths in two months NBC News spoke to nine current and former River Glen residents, many of whom bought in when it was owned by Northwestern Medicine, a nonprofit health system affiliated with Northwestern University’s medical school.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2025
After running a series of high-profile events for Rolls-Royce and Porsche, the company was recently designated the resident AV event production company for The Astorian and LeTesserae in Houston, Texas.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
Noun
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Aldabra’s only inhabitants today are two dozen scientific and support staff living and working at its research station in a handful of low buildings clustered around a red-and-white lighthouse.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 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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Katherine Williams, 53, who was the sole occupant in her SUV, was shot.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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All three occupants were taken to a hospital, where Green later died, authorities said.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Police believe a vehicle collided with a stationary commercial sweeper at that location.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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The storms were fueled by a stationary atmospheric river last week that spawned dozens of tornadoes and overwhelmed communities with up to 16 inches of rain in four days – a 100-to-1,000-year rainfall event, meteorologists said.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sometimes they are also used off-label, for treatment-resistant depression, or catatonia, a syndrome that can cause a patient to move in unusual ways, become immobile or stop talking.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Photos from the scene showed snow pounding down as cars sat immobile in the center of the highway.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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