Thesaurus results for COHABITING

cohabiting

verb

present participle of cohabit

as in living

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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De Vie The hyper-seasonal, nose-to-tail dishes at De Vie are designed to pair alongside cocktails crafted from French and housemade spirits, and the nonalcoholic versions play just as large a role in the restaurant and bar’s living laboratory of infusions and tinctures.

— Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screw-worm fly, or screw-worm for short, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 4 June 2026