cliff dweller

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cliff dweller
Noun
  • For an island of just 123 year-round residents, the stars may prove to be a new kind of economic lifeline—one that preserves what makes Anholt so rare.
    Valerie Stimac, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Aside from the question of funding Trump’s goal, a major rethinking of current plans for the property — actually two independent plans derived from two lawsuits — would probably be needed to accommodate 6,000 new residents.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Badar Khan Suri Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and Georgetown University doctoral fellow specializing in peacebuilding in the Middle East, has been in federal detention for nearly two months after his J-1 visa was abruptly revoked.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
  • The Department of Homeland Security created special parole programs for certain nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuelan in late 2022 and early 2023.
    Melissa Quinn May 8, CBS News, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The van was carrying a tour group of 14 people, and the surviving occupants were taken to hospitals with injuries, police spokesman Aaron Snell said.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 May 2025
  • Two occupants of the Honda, later identified by police as Verne Zugenbuhler, 91, and Diane Zugenbuhler, 72, were pronounced dead at the scene.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The data showed a genetic link between the modern Picuris Pueblo people, their ancestors and the inhabitants of Chaco Canyon.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
  • The inhabitants of the Vienna slum at the heart of Seethaler’s historical novel might beg to differ.
    New York Times, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Just 11 days earlier, a different resignation had been the subject of conversation when Sir Alex Ferguson picked up the phone to one particular United fan.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • Thirty-six subjects were divided into three groups and randomly assigned one tablespoon per day of either local, unfiltered honey, pasteurized honey or corn syrup with honey flavoring.
    Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article WASHINGTON — Israel Vail’s entire life in the small western Guatemalan town of Cajolá is built off the money that his three children send home from the United States.
    Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • That December saw the launch of an Air Algerie flight between Paris and the oasis town of Djanet.
    Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Sixty-five years later, East Texas native Patrick Mahomes will look for his first win in AT&T Stadium and the franchise’s first win in Dallas since 1975.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
  • This frame, two projects by the California natives perform well enough to reach the rankings, as both Greatest Hits and the beloved Californication succeed — though the titles manage to do so in different ways.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Unlike conventional designs, Cabin of Maze is designed to disorient, challenge, and surprise its habitants though its meandering corridors and passageways.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Many of Murphy’s encounters have the eerie magic of habitants of two planets getting to know one another.
    David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024
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“Cliff dweller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff%20dweller. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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