inhabitant
noun
in·hab·i·tant
in-ˈha-bə-tənt 
: one that occupies a particular place regularly, routinely, or for a period of time
inhabitants of large cities
the tapeworm is an inhabitant of the intestine
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the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Within a few years Macondo was a village that was more orderly and hard working than any known until then by its three hundred inhabitants.
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Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
That decline is most visible through the emergence of scores of ghost towns and villages — locations with none or virtually nil inhabitants, deserted as local populations leave or die out.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
At times, slavers bypassed tricks altogether, arriving under the cover of night to ambush a village and kidnap its inhabitants.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
One house was damaged enough that inhabitants were not allowed back into it.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
That decline is most visible through the emergence of scores of ghost towns and villages — locations with none or virtually nil inhabitants, deserted as local populations leave or die out.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
At times, slavers bypassed tricks altogether, arriving under the cover of night to ambush a village and kidnap its inhabitants.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
One house was damaged enough that inhabitants were not allowed back into it.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for inhabitant
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“Inhabitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inhabitant. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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