Thesaurus results for COHABITING

cohabiting

verb

present participle of cohabit

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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 cohabiting 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 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

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Backup generators, most of them diesel, don't run clean, and the communities living closest to data centers absorb that cost too.

— Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
When the family pulled her maternal grandmother, Mary Ann, from assisted living during the pandemic, Schiller became her primary caregiver.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

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At the other end of the ledger, drivers residing in crowded urban areas, especially in Northeast states, are home to the 10 most accident-prone motorists.

— Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The measure allows those who had already been residing in the country continuously since before January 1, 2026, to obtain a temporary residence and work permit.

— Juan Claudio Matossian, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026

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