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resident

[rez-i-duhnt] / ˈrɛz ɪ dənt /


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As a resident and an economist, what do you make of the new mayor, Zohran Mamdani?

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The resident doctor strike is likely to cause significant disruption to services, with those formerly called junior doctors making up nearly half of the medical workforce in the NHS.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Nazih Yahya, a septuagenarian resident with the wearied tone of someone long accustomed to conflict, expected the Israeli military to treat residents in non-Shiite villages differently from areas it counts as bastions of Hezbollah support.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said the government had offered resident doctors a "generous deal" and it was disappointing the BMA had pressed ahead with strike action.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Consider a resident of Berlin, born in 1900 and living to the ripe age of one hundred.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari