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dweller

[dwel-er] / ˈdwɛl ər /
NOUN
tenant
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As a New York City apartment dweller, Genna Contino has plenty of experience finding a place to live.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 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

As imagined by director Travis Knight—best known for another toys-to-screen saga, 2018’s “Transformers” sequel “Bumblebee”—and a battalion of screenwriters, the new He-Man, lost prince from the planet Eternia, is a meek cubicle dweller named Adam.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 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

This is the power of the coyote: every other forest dweller knows to keep their distance.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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

Fen Cottage at Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, was built in roughly 1700 and is one of the last surviving homes of the ancient fen dwellers.

From BBC May 13, 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

By ‘popular’ I don’t mean some people quite liked it; I mean almost all city dwellers would have known the songs from the latest operas.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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