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dwelling

[dwel-ing] / ˈdwɛl ɪŋ /


NOUN
lingering over excessively
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They have spurred some types of construction, including a boom of tiny homes called accessory dwelling units in California, but they have still left those states short of needed supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Most of their songs are about things to eat, but dwelling on it leaves a bad taste in the band members’ mouths.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Before the Guez family snapped it up, the lavish dwelling was owned by famous then-couple Yolanda and Mohammed Hadid.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Instead of dwelling in those moments, Korda said she learned that there’s “a power in just letting go.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

By 1910, of the thirty thousand people dwelling in Boston’s North End, more than twenty-eight thousand were Italians.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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