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 Reddit contributors felt that short breaks from constant interaction are a normal and necessary part of cohabiting, amid around 200 comments in a day online. Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025 The rest of the town of Seabrook had also become comfortable cohabiting with humans, zombies and werewolves after years of Zed and Addison trying to find peace. Caroline Blair, People.com, 9 May 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for cohabit
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  • Those wanting to stream the show live can do so with a Peacock premium subscription or stream new episodes the next day with a basic Peacock subscription.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The living room walls in Paulsen’s home are covered in framed photos of Kelly and their kids.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • But Drexel and her family, all American citizens living in the US while Jin resided in China, hope a major diplomatic meeting this week might change that.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • A number of the defendants are unlawfully residing in the United States, federal prosecutors said in a news release.
    Harry Harris, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025

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