Example Sentences

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Some viruses, for instance, will choose to leave the cell they have been residing in if they detect DNA damage.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2022

Many of the migrants who recently arrived in Del Rio have not lived in Haiti for years; instead they have been residing in South America after fleeing the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

The men are from Nepal but have been residing in the resort town of Manali, the police said in a statement.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2013

Even illegal immigrants qualify if they have been residing in Texas.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2010

Between 10,000 and 9000 B.C. the people living there may already have been residing year-round in villages, but they were still hunter-gatherers; crop cultivation began only in the succeeding millennium.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond