cohabiting

present participle of cohabit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cohabiting Unemployed single parents or cohabiting couples would not qualify. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026 Sending a kid off to college usually meant an end to cohabiting with them under the same roof. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 21 Aug. 2026 Despite the benefits, young adults have mixed feelings about cohabiting with their parents. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026 In the typical married or cohabiting straight couple, women still do much more of the domestic labor—even when the woman is the breadwinner. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 Talking through everyday responsibilities and standards for shared spaces helps prevent many of the conflicts couples report in their first year of cohabiting. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026 The Mavericks and Stars have shared venues since the Stars moved to Dallas from Minneapolis in 1993, previously cohabiting the Reunion Arena. — Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026 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 Sometimes, cohabiting cats need a period time to get used to one another. — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohabiting
Verb
  • Nine empty apartments are currently listed on StreetEasy for the building where Next Gen’s Ava Dash seems to be living, and nine more are open in Zakkour’s.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The ’90s supermodel aesthetic on your FYP is doing more than living rent-free in mood boards.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The family relocated to Chicago in 1953 and put down roots in its Sephardic Jewish community, residing first in Hyde Park and then in West Rogers Park.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That was whittled down to one that raises the homestead threshold for the longest-residing residents, the homesteaders.
    — Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Cohabiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabiting. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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