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dwelling

[dwel-ing] / ˈdwɛl ɪŋ /


NOUN
lingering over excessively
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Perhaps we’ve become so comfortable here in this flawed dwelling that any alternative is more frightening than staying put.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

“It seemed like we were always celebrating something,” she shared of the time she spent with her husband living in the dwelling.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

The book chronicles Suzanna’s life from childhood to the cusp of her 18th birthday, dwelling mostly on the minor variations of her weekly prison visits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

By October 2024, they had taken their relationship to the next level by moving in together in a Los Angeles dwelling, with Ballerini telling People: “We’re unpacked, baby!”

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

The Bundimun oozes a secretion which rots away the very foundations of the dwelling in which it is found.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




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