as in residents
one who lives permanently in a place
the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Recent Examples of inhabitants
Keeping a zoo clean and livable for its animal inhabitants guzzles a lot of power.
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Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025
But unlike the billions of other web-using inhabitants of planet Earth, the 72-year-old Canter feels an ever-so-slight twinge of culpability for all that digital junk that rockets across the internet each day.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
For a disaster so vast and so unfathomable, some sort of grounding feels necessary, some little point to hold on to, some faces to remember, but even the actual story of the bus and its temporary inhabitants feels a touch too small for the grand scale Greengrass is working on here.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Assembled at Port-La Nouvelle and towed 16 km offshore, the turbines now stand ready for the final stage of cable and grid connection works done by RTE, before starting to deliver clean energy to approximately 50,000 inhabitants each year.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
While Tranter assesses the situation, the entire area is evacuated and its inhabitants sent off to Hyde Park for the immediate future.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
By locating this cruel act at the site of Narnia’s origin, Lewis recalls the core principle of the cosmic tree, as tied to the birth and death of the world and contingent upon the moral actions of its inhabitants.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The struggle belongs to a whole people—the future inhabitants of the Roman Empire.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The problem is just like many of the current and former inhabitants of the PL.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025
But unlike the billions of other web-using inhabitants of planet Earth, the 72-year-old Canter feels an ever-so-slight twinge of culpability for all that digital junk that rockets across the internet each day.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
For a disaster so vast and so unfathomable, some sort of grounding feels necessary, some little point to hold on to, some faces to remember, but even the actual story of the bus and its temporary inhabitants feels a touch too small for the grand scale Greengrass is working on here.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Assembled at Port-La Nouvelle and towed 16 km offshore, the turbines now stand ready for the final stage of cable and grid connection works done by RTE, before starting to deliver clean energy to approximately 50,000 inhabitants each year.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
While Tranter assesses the situation, the entire area is evacuated and its inhabitants sent off to Hyde Park for the immediate future.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
By locating this cruel act at the site of Narnia’s origin, Lewis recalls the core principle of the cosmic tree, as tied to the birth and death of the world and contingent upon the moral actions of its inhabitants.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
The struggle belongs to a whole people—the future inhabitants of the Roman Empire.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The problem is just like many of the current and former inhabitants of the PL.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabitants
Noun
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The company will pick up items like yard and food waste from residents.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Weak shaking was observed in Glenbrook and the surrounding area, where several residents reported experiencing the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All six occupants in the second vehicle were members of the lacrosse team, according to Marquette officials.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Seating is marketed for five, but three second-row occupants are transported intimately.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Inhabitants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitants. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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