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inhabitant

[in-hab-i-tuhnt] / ɪnˈhæb ɪ tənt /


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Saxony-Anhalt had the second highest number of far-right motivated criminal acts per inhabitant last year, according to police statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

And yet some residents of El Dorado, a gold mining town situated in the heart of the Mining Arc, appreciate their presence, one inhabitant told AFP.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

In the U.K. if the ruling party changes its leader it means a new inhabitant of 10 Downing Street, even without a fresh national poll.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

In this case, a cave filled with the remains of past meals became a shelter for a completely different kind of inhabitant.

From Science Daily Apr. 3, 2026

Had some new unfriendly inhabitant of this jungle come to pay them a visit, or was it something worse, like the hunting party?

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

City officials deemed nine oceanfront homes unsafe for inhabitants as of Wednesday night, “red-tagging” them — adding two from prior evaluations.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

“All the inhabitants have the same problems, the same voice, they suffer the same.”

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

The newcomer was KD1, a 4½-year-old eagle who has since become a repeat visitor to the aerie that’s livestreamed around the clock, earning its inhabitants worldwide internet fame.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Alex Grant, a chemical engineer from Toronto, started a magnesium-smelting company in 2022 and named it Magrathea after a planet in Douglas Adams’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” whose inhabitants build other planets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

One-room cells, with the most rudimentary wooden furniture, housed the inhabitants on the second floor.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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