Thesaurus results for RESIDING

residing

verb

present participle of reside

as in living

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

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Recent Examples of residing O’Donnell confirmed that Alan Smith had once lived at the house but wasn’t residing there when the violence occurred Sunday. — David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 After residing in Nigeria and the United States, the 33-year-old musician has called Paris home for four months by the time of his Zoom call with Billboard. — Ngozi Nwanji, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026 The network is led by Rawa Majid, known as the Kurdish Fox, who is believed to be residing in Iran and taking orders from the Iranian government. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Currently residing in the Further, Elise explains that Cyrus and his cronies plan to unleash their evil in the land of the living. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Formed in Boston and now residing in the low-key-hip college town of Lawrence, Kansas. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 20 Aug. 2026 This may be overstated, but Scarlett Johansson, then residing in the country, won a 2014 decision in French court against a French author who, in a novel, depicted a Johansson doppelganger as carrying out multiple affairs. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 Last summer, Schwapp complained to the Elections Enforcement Commission and the state’s attorney’s office, saying Mahon was actually residing in Hartford while serving in Bloomfield. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026 The study examined 1,089 working adults residing on lower apartment floors in Tokyo. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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There’s a world of difference between a living brain and a dish of cells, and PTBP1 does more than just prevent astrocytes from doing a nerve cell’s job.

— Mike McRae August 30, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026
Water safety should not be ignored by those seeking cool respite from hot weather or city living.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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