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dweller

[dwel-er] / ˈdwɛl ər /
NOUN
tenant
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I’m a city dweller and homeowner who needs a pickup for innumerable small jobs throughout the year—leaf litter in the fall, mulch in the spring, dorm-room moving four times a year—but no big ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

One of the earliest known primates was Teilhardina, a tiny tree dweller weighing just 28 grams – similar to the smallest primate alive today, Madame Berthae’s mouse lemur.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

In a recent viral Reddit post, one New York City dweller said his date asked him to call her an Uber to get to their third date.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

The author of “Beautiful Ruins” and “The Cold Millions” deploys wry yet empathetic humor to create Rhys Kinnick, onetime journalist and current cabin dweller, who loathes the internet-obsessed world.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

Early each morning the radio brought us a program called “The Day Breaker’s Club,” which played the traditional music and poetry of the Puerto Rican country dweller, the jíbaro.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The same report notes that the DSA member base has become younger and more white-collar, with its greatest appeal to college-educated urban dwellers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Retourne pointed to a growth in private car ownership as well as rapid urbanisation, with 200 million additional city dwellers over the past decade.

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

From the beginning, Westlake/MacArthur served a number of apartment dwellers, but the apartments and the dwellers have changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

And yet, most city dwellers would rather bloom where they’re planted.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026

Unfortunately for the fishermen and the resort dwellers on its shores, its waters have provided an ideal habitat for a small gnat, Chaoborus astictopus.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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