cohabit

as in to live
formal to share a home and have a sexual relationship They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

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Recent Examples of cohabit That’s because those cohabiting birds are the protagonists of a deceptively simple mathematical theorem called the pigeonhole principle. Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 Watching the two of them on screen together, still cohabiting despite the impending split, is peak secondhand discomfort. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025 In South Africa, for example, the share of children born to cohabiting parents doubled from nine to 18 percent between 1996 and 2011. W. Bradford Wilcox, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2017 In Mexico, for instance, the share of children born to cohabiting parents rose from 17 percent in 1990 to 38 percent in 2010. W. Bradford Wilcox, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2017 See All Example Sentences for cohabit
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  • The impact on daily life Being able to communicate in real-time, with one's own voice and personality, is a game-changer for people living with paralysis.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are just living life, despite what critics might have to say about them.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 July 2025
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  • With a price tag north of $2m when new and just 15 Roadsters built, these machines often reside in high-security car caves, and are usually only driven minuscule distances.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Despite spending his early career days in Atlanta, Georgia, Cooper Jr. resides in Dallas — the lone star city where he was born and raised.
    Grace Jordan-Weinstein, People.com, 5 July 2025

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