inhabitants
Americannoun
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According to the World Bank, some 90 percent of the country's 15 million inhabitants have no state-recognised identification, further complicating the process.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
The inhabitants of Middle-earth—hobbits, dwarves, elves, Black Riders, wizards—come to us with characteristics not common to other species, including our own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Not everyone opposes a foreign military presence, in a country that recorded South America's highest homicide rate last year, with 51 killings per 100,000 inhabitants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
"The target environments are still intimately linked with their inhabitants," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The village was ruled by an old, old woman who had only one long, sharp tooth, and the only inhabitants were women.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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