resident

Example Sentences

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The strike on the bridge in Karaj also worried one local resident who described himself as "pro-war".

From BBC • 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

One Iranian resident said he was detained by police after an officer stopped and asked for his identification as he wandered on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I’ll be a resident of another country tomorrow.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon