cliff dwellers

noun

plural of cliff dweller
as in residents

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  1. residents
  2. inhabitants
  3. occupants
  4. nationals
  5. dwellers
  6. habitants
  7. natives
Noun
  • Baltimore-area residents can expect a mostly sunny and comfortable Saturday before temperatures climb into the 90s and chances for showers and thunderstorms return during the coming week.
    — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2026
  • His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.
    — Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • There, the tyrannical February has condemned its inhabitants to eternal winter and forbids them from flying, while a masked resistance movement known as The Solution fights to restore light and freedom.
    — Alexandra Patterson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The infamous explosion covered Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic debris, immortalizing the final moments of the ancient Roman cities and some of their unfortunate inhabitants in stunning detail.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • Investigators visited the home in the 400 block of North Swanson Road and interviewed the occupants.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Four of the vehicle’s occupants were confirmed dead at the scene, and two others were flown out by air ambulances and admitted to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton in critical condition.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupants
Noun
  • Many of the dozens missing in its environs were foreign nationals, chiefly Indian or Indian-origin pilgrims who were returning from, or preparing to make, the journey further into Tibet to Mount Kailash, a holy site for Hindus and Buddhists.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The Nepal Tourism Board said 261 foreign nationals have been rescued.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of nationals
Noun
  • The modular design is easy to assemble (a gift for any apartment dwellers).
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Alligators, by contrast, are freshwater dwellers that populate lakes, ponds and marshes across the state.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of dwellers
Noun
  • Accordingly, the First Continental Congress wrote to Quebec’s habitants – residents of French origin – to invite them to join their new nationalist project.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Definition of habitants
Noun
  • Carter and Hammer are Oakland natives, and Carter was Hammer’s lead choreographer and backup dancer at the peak of the rapper’s career in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Landscape architects, developers, and institutions are taking note and considering how trees, natives, water, habitat, and access to green space can be integrated into spaces to support people’s overall well-being.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 Sep. 2026
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“Cliff dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff%20dwellers. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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