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inhabitant

[in-hab-i-tuhnt] / ɪnˈhæb ɪ tənt /


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As another gender-swapped character, Ms. Goerke is the pious Reverend, the only bardo inhabitant who understands that he is dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The island is also home to other headline names such as Ivanka Trump and Tom Brady, but Bezos is understood to be its richest inhabitant.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 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

Colonel Aureliano Buendía was the only inhabitant of the house who still did not see the powerful old man who had been beaten down by half a century in the open air.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"The target environments are still intimately linked with their inhabitants," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Crayfish are familiar inhabitants of streams, rivers, and other freshwater environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

“In an experience like this, you’re alone with the inhabitants of the world, and they’re all there as part of your hallucination, your dream and your journey,” Neiden says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The setting for Alex Preston’s “A Stranger in Corfu” is the Greek island of Vidos, nicknamed Spyland by its inhabitants, all of whom are retired British intelligence agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Nergal and the demons weren't the only inhabitants here.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda


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