dwells

verb

Definition of dwellsnext
present tense third-person singular of dwell
1
as in remains
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time dwelling with a farm family as an exchange student in France

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2
as in resides
to have a home the widow dwells in the valley by herself

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  1. remains
  2. resides
  3. waits
Verb
  • Her sister was jailed in 2018 for leading a women’s rights group and remains under a travel ban, unable to leave the country.
    Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The portion attributable to the non-office portion of your home remains non-deductible.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of remains
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  • That aircraft, which resides at Shaw AFB in South Carolina, is a one-seater, so media folks and distinguished visitors can’t fly in the back.
    Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As Jod sets course for a cold moon on which a not-entirely-trustworthy friend resides, the kids wonder aloud about their increasingly mysterious home planet.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of resides
Verb
  • Compiled annually by a group led by Franklin Leonard, a recipient of a Gotham tribute award this year, Variety waits with childlike anticipation each year to see which scripts film executives have really been buzzing over — but haven’t had the budget or the chutzpah to put into production just yet.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But technology waits for no one, and with all the hype around AI, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s been forgotten.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of waits
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dwell (on or upon)

dwells

dwells (on)

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