resident

Example Sentences

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“It takes away a little bit of the handling,” the North Canton, Ohio resident said of his 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee as it starts back up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Christine Gast, a New Jersey resident who shops for her five nephews, is big on thrift stores, especially for the clothes and stuffed animals she purchases to fill out those baskets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Brown, of course, was neither a citizen nor a resident of Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

She was later seen on video meeting another 10 Downing Street resident, Larry the Cat.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

It was perfectly clean and unoccupied now, except for the resident girls’ counselor, a frightening mummy of an old woman named Mrs. Singer.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith