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cohabits

verb

present tense third-person singular 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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The Abercrombie Kids’ Baby & Toddler Collection adds newborn through 5T sizing after shoppers asked for smaller sizes, extending the brand into another stage of its customers’ lives.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
This is where your team has energy, drive and competitive edge, and where high performance lives.

— Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Women’s health needs funding, not just attention For the editors, the value of the issue also resides in showing how much there is to learn about women’s health.

— Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
While the Starship spacecraft is a 171-foot-tall colossus designed to transport people to deep space, Dragon is a 13-foot-wide capsule fit to carry about four astronauts at a time to low-Earth orbit, where the International Space Station resides.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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For a touch of true elegance, book the Heritage Long Suite, which occupies the former postmaster’s office and is decked out with rich crown molding, marble fireplaces, and his original writing desk from the 19th century.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
The hotel occupies floors 30 through 36 of the Kioi Tower, with the lobby perched at the top.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026

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Crowther's ultimate sacrifice was indicative not only of his upbringing in Empire Hook and Ladder, but of the spirit that inhabits all volunteer firefighters, Gottlieb argued.

— Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Video gambling, which now inhabits all corners of the state from gas stations to carryout restaurants, was not around when the state's self-exclusion list was created, and the machines have never been integrated.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

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