as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of resident
Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
Dave Morrow, a 60-year-old resident of Manistique, cast his ballot for Trump.
—Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Abby Monteil, Them, 14 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Council members have argued the purpose of the pay raise is to make serving more accessible for residents who might not otherwise be able to afford to.
—Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
Dave Morrow, a 60-year-old resident of Manistique, cast his ballot for Trump.
—Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
After spending four seasons serving as The Great Pottery Throw Down’s resident kiln tech Rose Schmits is hanging up her apron.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 14 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
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The earthquakes and violent eruption completely buried the inhabitants of the small Roman town of Pompeii.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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His essays from that time describe the strange and necessary intimacies that develop among the inhabitants of nations in free fall.Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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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
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At least two-thirds of crash victims were pedestrians, bicyclists, or occupants of cars turning left at intersections without traffic signals.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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This way, no occupants ever have to leave an exit to retrieve a fire extinguisher.Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
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Tech veteran Barry McCarthy was hired in early 2022 to turn around the business — best known for its stationary bikes and online classes — but stepped down earlier this year.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
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But unlike other activities that spiked during COVID—bicycling and stationary training like Peloton—pickleball growth hasn’t abated.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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However, being immobile couldn’t hold her back from stealing every scene.Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
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Richard tells Iris a story about how a car accident that killed his grad school girlfriend Chloe and left him immobile for two months nearly broke him mentally.Megan McCluskey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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