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dweller

[dwel-er] / ˈdwɛl ər /
NOUN
tenant
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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

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

The Canadian-born, two-time L.A. dweller and longtime resident of Berlin will turn 60 this year.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2026

I am also a city dweller who has thoroughly enjoyed not owning or maintaining a vehicle for the last decade.

From MarketWatch Jan. 20, 2026

I do not know this—a cave dweller would have had a fire by now, a Cro- Magnon man would have a fire by now—but I don’t know this.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

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

Few appreciate the luxury of space and the great outdoors like apartment dwellers with thin walls.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

Sara was thrust into the national spotlight when, in defence of shanty town dwellers, she punched a Davao sheriff in full view of TV news cameras.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2026

Near the sugar mill was a large television screen in an iron grill cage that the government had installed so that the shantytown dwellers could watch the state-sponsored news at eight o’clock every night.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat




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