resident

Example Sentences

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Some movie buffs, like Yuba City resident Mark Sullivan, will travel far for the buckets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Her youngest, age 6, loves to call her parents’ smartphones “even when we’re home,” the Chicago resident said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"It is the first time in my life that I experience a total closure" of the Holy Sepulchre, Jack Straw, a 52-year-old resident of Jerusalem’s Old City, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

He lost the seat in 2023 to Ireti Kingibe, an Abuja resident originally from Kano.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

When you consider the size of an individual termite, photographed standing alongside his nest, he ranks with the New Yorker and shows a better sense of organization than a resident of Los Angeles.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas