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Watching the two of them on screen together, still cohabiting despite the impending split, is peak secondhand discomfort.
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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
Adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book, the story follows robot Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) who winds up on a remote island and learns to cohabit with animals and adopts an orphan gosling.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
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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
Adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book, the story follows robot Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) who winds up on a remote island and learns to cohabit with animals and adopts an orphan gosling.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
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Our everlasting craftsmanship is what enables pieces to be tailored and redesigned, meaning each piece can act as a living legacy constantly being shaped by the hands it is passed onto.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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These military wives said factors like commute time, distance from medical providers and school districts influence families' decisions to stay in the surrounding base area, in addition to the benefit of community living near other servicemembers and their families.—
Steve Osunsami,
ABC News,
19 June 2025
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The two women soon moved in together, residing in the same home for the next ten years.—
Kellie B. Gormly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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The vast majority of the Hispanic population in the region resides in Mecklenburg, according to Census Bureau estimates.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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