dwellers

Example Sentences

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Encampment resolution programs, such as Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe that offered shelter to tent dwellers, will have fewer to serve.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 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

And yet, most city dwellers would rather bloom where they’re planted.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

The mixed jobs picture reflects surging demand for people in healthcare and social services but a bleaker environment for government employees, factory workers and cubicle dwellers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

If war damage made it impossible for a city's inhabitants to keep up, they would be in trouble; island dwellers who wreck their homes have no place to move.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann