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cohabits

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present tense third-person singular of cohabit

as in lives

formal to share a home and have a sexual relationship They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

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Clinical intent lives inside systems, EHRs, point-of-care workflows and clinical content platforms that were never built to expose it in real time to anyone outside the clinical encounter itself.

— Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Venice is the epicenter of creative celebration, a place where bold artistic ambition is recognized, and this project lives squarely in that space.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

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Strikes target strategic island Qeshm Island occupies a critical position near the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy shipping routes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The Walnut Room occupies a 17,000-square-foot space on the seventh floor of the former Marshall Field and Company Building and is the first and longest-running department store restaurant, opening in 1907 as the South Tea Room.

— Allison Yates, Midwest Living, 3 Nov. 2026

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The decline suggests more households are shifting spending to discount stores even as overall spending holds up and consumer confidence stays below pre-pandemic levels.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026
Those calculations assume the household’s income stays the same.

— Ken Sweet, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

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