inhabitants
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Some liminal spaces, as in the case of the “Backrooms,” seem to take on a life of their own, trapping their inhabitants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Fires of such magnitude are rare on Santa Rosa so its inhabitants haven’t evolved with them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The company speaks openly about its ambitions to put humans on Mars, and has even tied a massive bonus for Musk to colonizing the red planet with one million inhabitants.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The new wardens of a tiny island with only a handful of human inhabitants say moving there full-time has been a "dream come true".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The dictionary defines “nativism” as a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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