inhabitants
Americannoun
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The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia reads, “Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof,” quoting Leviticus 25:10.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The LA28 committee described the arrival of the Games as a boon for the city’s inhabitants, with unifying statements: “Creating the Games together!”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Families were loaded on to tipper trucks and driven about 30 minutes away to Kubwa, an area where residents say basic amenities were missing and tensions emerged with the original inhabitants.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
In Burkina Faso, around four million of the country's 23 million inhabitants depend directly or indirectly on the cotton sector.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
We may conclude...that any change in the numerical proportions of some of the inhabitants, independently of the change of climate itself, would most seriously affect many of the others.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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