dwellers

Example Sentences

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Retourne pointed to a growth in private car ownership as well as rapid urbanisation, with 200 million additional city dwellers over the past decade.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Sara was thrust into the national spotlight when, in defence of shanty town dwellers, she punched a Davao sheriff in full view of TV news cameras.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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

Near the sugar mill was a large television screen in an iron grill cage that the government had installed so that the shantytown dwellers could watch the state-sponsored news at eight o’clock every night.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat