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to be in a place for a period of time
We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them. The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art.
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Recent Examples of inhabited
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Close attention and careful listening revealed that the deep silence was alive, inhabited.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
The Tohono O’odham had inhabited its land for hundreds of years before Mexico, through the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, ceded some of it to the United States.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Adjective
The local economy is based around fishing and farming, with the nearest inhabited islands a couple of hours away by boat.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Close attention and careful listening revealed that the deep silence was alive, inhabited.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
Verb
Set in Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future inhabited by aliens and humans as seen from a 1939 perspective, the film revolves around private eye Raymond Gunn (Rockwell) who is drawn into a case involving murder and a multimedia star named Venus Nova, voiced by Scarlett Johansson.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
The Tohono O’odham had inhabited its land for hundreds of years before Mexico, through the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, ceded some of it to the United States.
—
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabited
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The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.
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And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.
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Since 1947, the brand has occupied a singular place in the cultural imagination, fusing art, engineering and speed into something that transcends the automobile.
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Some are occupied, and some are not.
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The other three women all have connections to Maxine, yet she’s not involved in their most developed and personally significant scenes.
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The victims have described being exposed to sensory phenomena such as pressure and noise coming from a specific location and developed brain trauma and a variety of other symptoms like vertigo, tinnitus, migraine, visual problems and cognitive impairment.
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The reason may be the ongoing renovations taking place at Buckingham Palace, but even when those are completed, the King may opt to remain in Clarence House, the London residence where he's lived since the early 2000s.
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Conversations move comfortably between entrepreneurship, investment, business strategy, customer experience, innovation, accessibility, and lived experience.
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“Inhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabited. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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