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Recent Examples of cohabit
Today, rural children are less likely than urban children to live with married parents and are more likely to live with cohabiting unmarried parents or in the care of grandparents or other relatives.
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Tim Slack, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
Today, rural children are less likely than urban children to live with married parents and are more likely to live with cohabiting unmarried parents or in the care of grandparents or other relatives.
—Shannon M. Monnat, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Sometimes, cohabiting cats need a period time to get used to one another.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
No alcohol is served onboard and as a mixed unmarried couple we are forbidden to cohabit.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
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Tim Slack, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
Today, rural children are less likely than urban children to live with married parents and are more likely to live with cohabiting unmarried parents or in the care of grandparents or other relatives.
—Shannon M. Monnat, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Sometimes, cohabiting cats need a period time to get used to one another.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
No alcohol is served onboard and as a mixed unmarried couple we are forbidden to cohabit.
—Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohabit
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Mfume pulled himself up by the proverbial bootstraps and decided to live a life of service rather than heading down the wrong path.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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Kawanza Cruickshank, 35, lives next door to the building that exploded and his house also caught fire.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Thankfully a native of the South Side of Chicago, who now resides in Vatican City, has shown us what a prophetic stance can look like.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Special agents identified Reyes as the suspect, who at the time resided on Tudor Lane in Westmont.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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