cohabits

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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  • Some have left the United States after decades of building lives here.
    Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In a special Open Thoughts podcast held in Korea, where YoungBoy now lives, host Funny Marco (known for his deadpan approach) asked if there was ever a time during his early performances that the artist felt like pulling back.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Chester Walsh, a 29-year-old prop maker who resides in England, spent three months building a spaceship in the garden of his Northamptonshire home, meticulously crafting it to evoke the beloved sci-fi franchise.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Yet, our interest remains thoroughly focused on the shoulder—or, more accurately, a few inches above, where the iconic power shoulder resides.
    Talia Namdar-Cohen, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2026
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  • The stadium occupies the site where a foundry once made New York’s distinctive fire hydrants, meaning the locals have for generations known this corner of the Yorkshire town as ‘New York’.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Cheap electric cars dominate one end of the market, Tesla occupies the premium end, and the middle is getting squeezed.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • The durable prize is the physical form factor intelligence eventually inhabits.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The singer’s fourth album inhabits a balmy medium zone of relentlessly moderate tempos and subdued vocals, where even brief moments of intriguing tension and fuzz get flattened into homogeneity.
    Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
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  • There is no world in which everyone stays and expensive marquee signings join.
    Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • After Nihiwatu’s launch in 2001, stays at this low-key beach retreat became a rite of passage in surfer circles.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
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“Cohabits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabits. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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