as in inhabitant
one who lives permanently in a place
a resident of Atlanta
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Recent Examples of resident
Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
Dave Morrow, a 60-year-old resident of Manistique, cast his ballot for Trump.
—Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Abby Monteil, Them, 14 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Council members have argued the purpose of the pay raise is to make serving more accessible for residents who might not otherwise be able to afford to.
—Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
Dave Morrow, a 60-year-old resident of Manistique, cast his ballot for Trump.
—Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
After spending four seasons serving as The Great Pottery Throw Down’s resident kiln tech Rose Schmits is hanging up her apron.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 14 Oct. 2024
This tough, triple-layered tissue is specialized to fight off invaders with its thick coating of secretory goo—mucus—and with a cadre of resident immune cells waiting to attack.
—Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resident
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The earthquakes and violent eruption completely buried the inhabitants of the small Roman town of Pompeii.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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The seemingly tranquil village housed vacation homes for high-ranking Nazis; ironically, the picturesque beauty of the town did not represent the horrors that the inhabitants inflicted on others.Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Though native to East Africa and nonmigratory, the snail has made its way around the world, including to other parts of Africa, Hawaii, the Pacific islands, the Caribbean, Brazil and much of subtropical Asia.Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
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So, there's a chance that the commercial populations were simply originally source from a nonmigratory population.John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 June 2019
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At least two-thirds of crash victims were pedestrians, bicyclists, or occupants of cars turning left at intersections without traffic signals.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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The body is thought to belong to the former occupant of the property, which is located in Erstroff in eastern France, who disappeared in 2009, according to a statement from the local prosecutor’s office published Monday.Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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These images would only show stationary objects, such as manufacturing plants and training camps, added Ivan Stupak, a former officer in Kyiv's SBU security service.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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The first is the use of generative AI techniques to synthesize life-like simulations of sensor data, traffic and pedestrian flow, road infrastructure and obstacles (other vehicles or stationary objects).Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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However, being immobile couldn’t hold her back from stealing every scene.Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
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Richard tells Iris a story about how a car accident that killed his grad school girlfriend Chloe and left him immobile for two months nearly broke him mentally.Megan McCluskey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Resident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resident. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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