dweller
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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
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
Lead actress Ella Purnell plays Lucy MacLean in the show, a vault dweller raised underground in a protective bunker in the aftermath of the nuclear war.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
The Near East became the cradle of civilization: to be civilized, after all, means to live as a citizen, a town dweller.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Separately, some part-time city dwellers are looking for creative ways to reduce or get out of the new tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Scientists are raising alarms over the planet’s warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"But now that urban dwellers realise their cities are getting hotter, everyone now wants to save the Aravallis."
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
And yet, most city dwellers would rather bloom where they’re planted.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
The knockers— hardy mountain dwellers accustomed to the cold—carried those who would have otherwise frozen: some of the dryads, or the winged sylphs, whose bodies were limp in the wintry air.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
