cohabited

Definition of cohabitednext
past tense of cohabit
as in lived
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 cohabited Larry has cohabited, sometimes uneasily, with prime ministerial pets including Boris Johnson’s Jack Russell cross Dilyn and Rishi Sunak’s Labrador retriever Nova. Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
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  • Paperwork from the divorce showed Robert Dorgan lived at the time in Jacksonville, Florida, and was working as a truck driver.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Kim and James Ratcliff have lived next to the property for 25 years and said that WVMA is not following the rules of its current conditional use permit.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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  • Another key filming location is the historic town of Haworth in West Yorkshire, also known as Brontë Country, where the Brontës once resided.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • At the time, the CHA was the target of criticism for the conditions in its housing projects, where Black Chicagoans predominantly resided.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026

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“Cohabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabited. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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