as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place
the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with
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Recent Examples of dweller
Depending on gender, 60-year-old rural residents can expect to live 6 months to 2 years less than city-dwellers, one 2025 study found.
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Apartment dwellers know better than anyone that being conservative with floor real estate isn’t a want, but a need.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Even seasoned city dwellers can get turned around.
—Katie James Watkinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
And for interior decorator and small space dweller Arin Agase, tall and narrow nooks are ideal to turn into a storage or shelving area.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Jan. 2026
Texas State has transformed from a basement dweller in the Sun Belt into a program that expects to win rather than hoping for it.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 2 Jan. 2026
Her pixie haircut, low-key and faintly offbeat style is said to resonate with Gen Z city dwellers.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Jan. 2026
The Stars are looking to avenge last week’s 4-3 loss to the Blackhawks, who are currently one of the cellar-dwellers of the Western Conference.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
Bayou Breeze Sunjoy Smokeless Fire Pit Table As a city dweller with limited outdoor space, this compact fire pit table is at the top of my shopping list.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dweller
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Weak shaking has been recorded and several residents reported experiencing the tremor in Ridgecrest and the surrounding area according to the USGS DYFI report.—
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While the goal is to enhance safety, residents have some concerns.—
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The remaining 12% of inhabitants are of European descent, primarily Danish.—
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For many Basotho, as Lesotho inhabitants are called, especially those living with HIV or working on the frontlines of prevention and treatment, these words felt like a sentence not just of neglect, but of abandonment.—
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Every politician who has ever lied or who lies today will be nothing but a mere amateur when compared to the present occupant of the White House.—
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The pilot, a 48-year-old man, was the only occupant inside the plane.—
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“Dweller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dweller. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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