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inhabitant

[in-hab-i-tuhnt] / ɪnˈhæb ɪ tənt /


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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

The fluffy inhabitant also helps to entice customers.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

When JD Vance stepped onto Scottish soil on Wednesday he became the second inhabitant of the White House to visit the country in a month.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2025

Eddie was a very desirable inhabitant of the Palace Flophouse.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

A British Overseas Territory of around 40,000 inhabitants, Gibraltar has a border control for those entering and leaving.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

The islands' roughly 200,000 inhabitants have queued at petrol stations in recent days and thronged hardware stores to buy plywood and supermarkets for food, bottled water and other essentials.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

All the world is indeed a stage and all its inhabitants merely stock players, as Jaques lays out in “As You Like It.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

It’s complete with a mashed potato “volcano” that’s oozing with gravy lava, along with dino nugget inhabitants and steamed broccoli for trees.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

He belonged to a walled city of the fifteenth century, a city of narrow, cobbled streets, and thin spires, where the inhabitants wore pointed shoes and worsted hose.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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