dweller
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As a New York City apartment dweller, Genna Contino has plenty of experience finding a place to live.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
One of the earliest known primates was Teilhardina, a tiny tree dweller weighing just 28 grams – similar to the smallest primate alive today, Madame Berthae’s mouse lemur.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
I’m a city dweller and homeowner who needs a pickup for innumerable small jobs throughout the year—leaf litter in the fall, mulch in the spring, dorm-room moving four times a year—but no big ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Lead actress Ella Purnell plays Lucy MacLean in the show, a vault dweller raised underground in a protective bunker in the aftermath of the nuclear war.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
One was the master of the earth, or at least believed himself to be, and the other was a nimble dweller in trees, a cousin of the master of the earth.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The same report notes that the DSA member base has become younger and more white-collar, with its greatest appeal to college-educated urban dwellers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Beyond California, scientists are raising alarms over the planet’s warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers in the coming weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
"But now that urban dwellers realise their cities are getting hotter, everyone now wants to save the Aravallis."
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Fen Cottage at Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, was built in roughly 1700 and is one of the last surviving homes of the ancient fen dwellers.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
When I consider just the basement dwellers, I’d have to say Stan was mostly my friend.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
