dweller
Americannoun
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dwellers
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A Tehran dweller in his 70s said he had been shocked by the price of plastic products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
One of the earliest known primates was Teilhardina, a tiny tree dweller weighing just 28 grams – similar to the smallest primate alive today, Madame Berthae’s mouse lemur.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
I am also a city dweller who has thoroughly enjoyed not owning or maintaining a vehicle for the last decade.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
The author of “Beautiful Ruins” and “The Cold Millions” deploys wry yet empathetic humor to create Rhys Kinnick, onetime journalist and current cabin dweller, who loathes the internet-obsessed world.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Both species, the human and the monkey, were in the presence of another life form, which was older and more powerful than either of them, and was a dweller in blood.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
It’s seen as particularly beneficial for apartment dwellers and renters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Housing affordability has become a growing issue across the 27-nation bloc in recent years, with 51 percent of European city dwellers telling a 2025 survey it was "an immediate and urgent problem".
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The same report notes that the DSA member base has become younger and more white-collar, with its greatest appeal to college-educated urban dwellers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Fen Cottage at Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, was built in roughly 1700 and is one of the last surviving homes of the ancient fen dwellers.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
In July of 1990, the ANC received information that hostel dwellers belonging to the Inkatha Freedom Party were planning a major attack on ANC members in Sebokeng Township in the Vaal Triangle on July 22.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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