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dweller

[dwel-er] / ˈdwɛl ər /
NOUN
tenant
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I’m a city dweller and homeowner who needs a pickup for innumerable small jobs throughout the year—leaf litter in the fall, mulch in the spring, dorm-room moving four times a year—but no big ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

One of the earliest known primates was Teilhardina, a tiny tree dweller weighing just 28 grams – similar to the smallest primate alive today, Madame Berthae’s mouse lemur.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

I had been a serial apartment dweller with limited outdoor space, so I never knew the color of my thumbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

I am also a city dweller who has thoroughly enjoyed not owning or maintaining a vehicle for the last decade.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026

Early each morning the radio brought us a program called “The Day Breaker’s Club,” which played the traditional music and poetry of the Puerto Rican country dweller, the jíbaro.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The same report notes that the DSA member base has become younger and more white-collar, with its greatest appeal to college-educated urban dwellers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

"But now that urban dwellers realise their cities are getting hotter, everyone now wants to save the Aravallis."

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

Fen Cottage at Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, was built in roughly 1700 and is one of the last surviving homes of the ancient fen dwellers.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

From the beginning, Westlake/MacArthur served a number of apartment dwellers, but the apartments and the dwellers have changed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The police might not be able to see the dwellers in the Cow’s Guts, but Arm could feel them.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer


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