1
: living in one's place of employment
a live-in caregiver
2
: being or involving people in a romantic or sexual relationship who live together and are not married
a live-in partner
a live-in relationship
live-in
noun
plural live-ins
lived in; living in; lives in
: to live in one's place of employment : live in another's home
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 July 2024
Four days later, on June 6, 61-year-old Matthew Vincent Roll killed his live-in partner Lusine Melikynan, 41, before turning the gun on himself in a Coral Gables apartment near Coral Gables High, police said.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
Jessica Alcantara and Laura Petty, TIME, 22 July 2024
The demographic that the term was intended to pick out—professionals under forty living in cities—was fairly small in 1984, something like 1.2 million people.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Adjective
On Wednesday, Daniel Burda, a live-in handyman at Day's home in Phoenix, Ore., was sentenced to four-plus years in prison after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide and abuse of a corpse on Monday.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 July 2024
Four days later, on June 6, 61-year-old Matthew Vincent Roll killed his live-in partner Lusine Melikynan, 41, before turning the gun on himself in a Coral Gables apartment near Coral Gables High, police said.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
Verb
These same schools disproportionately serve Black and Latine students, English Learner students, students with disabilities, and students living in poverty.
—Jessica Alcantara and Laura Petty, TIME, 22 July 2024
The demographic that the term was intended to pick out—professionals under forty living in cities—was fairly small in 1984, something like 1.2 million people.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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“Live-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live-in. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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