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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

A union resident doctor committee says "pay back to the value that we think we're worth" is being sought, as a six-day strike is held in England.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Patients have been asked not to attend an accident and emergency department as resident doctors begin six-days of strike action.

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

In her view, monumental buildings implied a large resident population, but again there were plenty of anchovy bones and little evidence that locals farmed anything but cotton.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann