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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  • Strong, deep-rooted, living hundreds of years and towering skyward even as their massive limbs reach out expansively, these trees evoke awe.
    Joseph Bonasia, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2026
  • Those samples were compared to DNA donated by those known to be living descendents of the men aboard the expedition, the University of Waterloo said in a news release.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
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  • After games, many Thunder players reside by their lockers cracking jokes and catching up instead of fretting over roles and playing time.
    Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Incentives aside, Boulder beat out its competitors because of the technical expertise residing at the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology and other federal labs, IonQ executives said.
    Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026

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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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