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resides

verb

present tense third-person singular of reside

as in lives

to have a home he's a freelance writer who resides in the Midwest

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Recent Examples of resides Meanwhile, turbulence for the AI trade has also boosted defensive parts of the market, including the consumer-staples corner where Kimberly-Clark resides. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 The greatest confidence in milder-than-average temperatures resides in the Pacific Northwest, Upper Midwest and in New England. — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Yet some of the most important proprietary information inside a business resides in the people who have spent decades working through changing technologies, market conditions and business environments. — Dean Leavitt, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The South Florida location was a natural fit for the upstart golf league, offering proximity to the homes of many professional golfers including Greg Norman, LIV’s founding CEO, who resides in nearby Palm Beach Gardens. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The ex-Duke of York now resides at Marsh Farm, which is located at Sandringham, one of the royal family’s country estates. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 Oct. 2026 The pool is secluded and shady thanks to the towering palms that line the edges, and the open-air spa resides right in the middle of the hotel's lush gardens. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 More of it resides in the quality of contact Tucker has put on pitches in the zone. — Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Women’s health needs funding, not just attention For the editors, the value of the issue also resides in showing how much there is to learn about women’s health. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

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The result is a deep economic divide between Paris and the rest of the country and an elite that lives largely among its own, surrounded by people with similar educations, careers, and assumptions, and cut off from much of the country.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
So once again, the rich, powerful Establishment would be dictating the terms under which everyone else lives.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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Verity dwells almost entirely in the gulf between the front-facing celeb being interviewed by Alex Cooper and the vicious private thoughts of her confession.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
The film’s title refers to a folk legend about a mythic creature that dwells in Bhutan’s icy mountains, and suggests all that is being lost with melting glaciers.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026

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