cliff dwellers

plural of cliff dweller

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff dwellers
Noun
  • These suburban residents hope that vigilance will prevent the process of neighbourhood change from beginning.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • About two weeks into the shutdown, reporters from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Appleton Post-Crescent and Green Bay Press-Gazette visited downtown areas to ask residents and visitors how the shutdown is impacting them — and who, if anyone, is to blame.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The team aimed to study the past inhabitants’ diet and compare it with the diet of modern birds today.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Soon after, Kravitz began hosting an annual dental-care clinic, completely free of charge for the island’s inhabitants.
    Jazmine Hughes, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The fire and damage to the semi were so extensive that first responders were originally unable to confirm the number of occupants, the Colorado State Patrol said in its initial press release.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Nunez said the firefighters quickly initiated rescue operations and freed two of the occupants from the car.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Previously, foreign nationals caught illegally trading in gold were simply deported.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Overall, spending by Chinese nationals is down in the single digits, but showing clear signs of improvement, despite no change in the macroeconomic environment.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That being said, many city dwellers don't have this option.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The controversy spotlighted the growing gap between rural and urban dwellers.
    Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An impressive four-game winning streak followed a lopsided loss at Wazzu that had some natives not just restless but greasing skids and sharpening pitchforks.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • His parents were both Arkansas natives born in Searcy County in 1913.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Cliff dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff%20dwellers. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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