reside

verb

ri-ˈzīd How to pronounce reside (audio)
Definition of residenext
as in to live
to have a home he's a freelance writer who resides in the Midwest

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Recent Examples of reside The Royal Parks charity, which manages Richmond Park, where the incident took place over the weekend, warned that human behavior is endangering the lives of the deer who have resided there for centuries. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 18 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 Born in Moscow and raised in East London, Lova now resides in Canterbury in the south of England. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026 If approved by voters, Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the assets of billionaires who were residing in the state at the start of this year to pay primarily for healthcare. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reside
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live
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  • Before the bombing, Berezovska was living as a refugee in Hofheim, a small town near Frankfurt in Germany.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The combination regimen met the main study goal of significantly extending the time patients lived without their melanoma returning, compared with Keytruda alone.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
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