inhabitants
Americannoun
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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
Reactive evacuation measures, for example, saved 96% of Japanese inhabitants when the major tsunami struck the Tōhoku coast on March 11 2011.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
America may have empowered the president to give the capital a case of Mar-a-Lago face, but the city’s inhabitants get only the slightest of say in federal matters.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
The tiny nation's native language is "Dorerin Naoero", which is spoken by the vast majority of its approximately 10,000 inhabitants.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
All ruled by their larger, human-like cousins, the immortal Fae—the original inhabitants and settlers of the continent, and the oldest beings in Erilea.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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