inhabitants
Example Sentences
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Families were loaded on to tipper trucks and driven about 30 minutes away to Kubwa, an area where residents say basic amenities were missing and tensions emerged with the original inhabitants.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The Kennedy Center’s other resident ensembles will soon be dealing with unfamiliar spaces and circumstances as well: After July 4, the Center will close for two years for unspecified renovations, making all its inhabitants itinerant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
They require friction, in a world that grows increasingly slack and unrequiring of its inhabitants.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
"In five years, the homicide rate dropped from 128 to 0.8 per 100,000 inhabitants."
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
“It was chosen, hundreds of years ago, for the way its waters hold its inhabitants tight against its bones,” said Irian.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
