cohabit

Definition of cohabitnext
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 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for cohabit
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  • Some, like David Carr and Jamarcus Russell, never lived up to the hype.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Naturally, living birds are not so strictly regimented.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
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  • Police identified a suspect as 60-year-old James Carlson, who resides in the apartment building, according to Podgorski.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the state’s 762,000 Jews reside in three South Florida counties — eclipsing much older congregations in Tallahassee, Jacksonville and Pensacola that thrived long before the advent of air-conditioning and interstate highways.
    Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026

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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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