CLIFF DWELLERS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

cliff dwellers

noun

plural of cliff dweller

as in residents

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Noun

DeSantis also warned residents far outside the cone to watch for tornadoes, which can spawn before the core of Isaias moves ashore.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Older residents here repeat a mantra that the country has been through worse, notably when Iraq launched Scud missiles in 1991 during the first Gulf War.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The researchers propose that this variability in brightness is caused by the rapid evolution of fresh debris through further impacts and changes in the orbits of the system's occupants.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The four-count lawsuit alleges that High Meadow was negligent and reckless in allowing more than 150 students into a pool that had a maximum capacity of 105 occupants.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

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In the eastern coastal city of Durban, where looting of shops owned by foreign nationals was reported by the state broadcaster, SABC, riot police were deployed to the city center.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Both men are Cuban nationals with lawful permanent residences in the United States, according to their complaints.

— David Goodhue October 7, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of nationals

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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

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Nemacolin is privately owned and operated by the Hardy family, Pennsylvania natives who made their name and fortunes in the lumber industry.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Other Miami natives involved with the production showed up for the cameras, like the play’s choreographer Patricia Delgado, a Coral Reef Senior High graduate.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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