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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 cohabiting
The Mavericks and Stars have shared venues since the Stars moved to Dallas from Minneapolis in 1993, previously cohabiting the Reunion Arena.
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Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
The camp is also designated as being for cohabiting couples with children.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 11 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
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
Nick Wooten, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
The camp is also designated as being for cohabiting couples with children.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 11 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohabiting
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Other rabbits end up in her shelter after living their lives in a laboratory.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Elders living alone who can no longer cook or clean, who stopped paying their bills or answering the door, who aren’t taking their meds or bathing themselves, who are lost or don’t remember to turn off a stove might get a visit from an adult protective investigator.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Chinese founder started the company earlier this year in Singapore after residing in the city-state for over 10 years.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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On Wednesday, the Mets new ace — with family currently residing in Flushing and Corona — expects plenty of family members along with the Latin community to be present at Citi Field.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Cohabiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabiting. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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