cliff dweller

noun

Definition of cliff dwellernext
as in resident

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  1. resident
  2. national
  3. occupant
  4. inhabitant
  5. subject
  6. town
  7. native
  8. habitant
Noun
  • Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego sailed to victory on election night, winning a second and final term serving the nation's fifth largest city of 1.6 million residents.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The Lakeway City Council on a 6-1 vote Monday night withdrew its application to build a cellular tower on city property near an elementary school after several residents expressed concerns.
    Pili Saravia, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of resident
Noun
  • While the identities of the victims have not been disclosed, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Wednesday that no foreign nationals were among the casualties.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The Treasury Department recently sanctioned fourteen more Syrian and Lebanese nationals involved in the captagon trade.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of national
Noun
  • Two occupants were in each of the two other vehicles involved in the crash.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
  • There are two separate touch screens for climate control, one located low in the center stack, below the infotainment screen, the other available to second-row occupants at the rear of the center console.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of occupant
Noun
  • Most of the inhabitants of Luxembourg speak English, French and German.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Before the conflict escalated, an average of 500 trucks were delivering aid daily to Gaza, a figure that relief organizations assert is essential for the region's 2.3 million inhabitants, many of whom have been displaced multiple times.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of inhabitant
Noun
  • The report also pointed to questionable and unprofessional behavior by board members, including board member Grace Mah, who has been the subject of at least two other investigations.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • SpaceX, Neuralink, X, and Tesla are collectively the subject of at least 20 recent investigations or reviews.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of subject
Noun
  • Later that day, the Fannin County Sheriff's Office reported that Soren, who is now 11, walked less than a mile into town to visit the local Dollar General store.
    Sally Hawkins, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Linda McMahon was born in New Bern, North Carolina, a small coastal town known as the birthplace of Pepsi.
    Christopher R. Marsicano, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of town
Noun
  • In 1974, entrepreneur Mariano Martinez, a Dallas native, adapted a Slurpee machine to make alluring concoctions that could be dispensed without the help of a bartender.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Behind its bar is beverage manager Philip Bischoff, a Berlin native who started experimenting with mixology at the age of 23.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of native
Noun
  • Many of Murphy’s encounters have the eerie magic of habitants of two planets getting to know one another.
    David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024
  • Hippo Cove holds up to four hippos, so if one of the females gets pregnant and has a baby, then a current habitant will have to go.
    The Enquirer, The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024
Definition of habitant
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