as in resident
one who lives permanently in a place
the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Recent Examples of inhabitant
Iran has 92 million inhabitants, perhaps the largest population in the world to have been isolated for decades from the global financial system.
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Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Ancient petroglyphs of human figures and cryptic symbols thought to have been scrawled by the Taino, the islands’ pre-Columbian inhabitants, appeared under our flashlight beams.
—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, inhabitants of the Kalahari Desert have relied on the toxins harvested from beetle larvae.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
But now the smallest cosmopolitan city in the world—as the community of 58,000 inhabitants describes itself—is reinventing itself.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
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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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This evolution aims to transform the vehicle interior into a drive-less environment where occupants can engage with entertainment and other activities.—
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The pilot, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, was the sole occupant of a private plane.—
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“Inhabitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitant. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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