human inhabitants

collocation in English

meaningsofhumanandinhabitant

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human
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mən/us
/ˈhjuː.mən/
being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people as opposed ...
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inhabitant
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/us
/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/
a person or animal that lives in a ...
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(Definition ofhumanandinhabitantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Houseplants, with their air-cleaning effects, were touted as healthy for human inhabitants.
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The screens have not been installed for the benefit of human inhabitants, but to prevent any possible disturbance to animals.
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The human inhabitants will benefit from a cleaner, healthier environment.
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To begin with, it was a preserve for deer—and incidentally, wolves and wild boar—and the human inhabitants were tolerated so long as they did not interfere with the deer.
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The human inhabitants of this continent do not live in houses but sleep on the ground.
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Few, however, would deny that our universe (apart from its animal and human inhabitants, and aspects subject to their immediate control) has that beauty.
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There are currently no human inhabitants of this townland and the road past it was only tarred for the first time in 2004.
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Malay folklore relates that the trees whisper prayers to the creator in absolution of the past transgression of the ground's once human inhabitants.
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According to some experts, the first human inhabitants of the island arrived 15,000 years ago and were dependent on marine life for survival.
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With a loss of human inhabitants, lot of tangible and intangible cultural heritage has been lost as well.
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They can also create problems for human inhabitants along their banks, and those who rely on the bridges spanning them, during times of intense rains.
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Evidence of prehistoric human inhabitants has been found in the cave.
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The only human inhabitants are rugged miners, riding small donkey ships, who need to contend with both the harsh natural environment and fierce human competitors.
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Their habitats even include small oceanic islands with no human inhabitants.
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It is believed to be one of only a few in the world with human inhabitants.
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Many of the images and objects that implied human inhabitants and the shingle industry were submerged in water.
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In addition to the human inhabitants, a number of livestock animals would also reside in the house.
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The park's earliest human inhabitants arrived at least 8,000 years ago.
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