Thesaurus results for COHABITS

cohabits

verb

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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Within one of those havens, Ellora, lives Pavi, a 10-year-old street kid with no memory of anything beyond the past three years.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
This house is meant to look like someone actually lives there.

— Plum Sykes, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2026

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The pool is secluded and shady thanks to the towering palms that line the edges, and the open-air spa resides right in the middle of the hotel's lush gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
More of it resides in the quality of contact Tucker has put on pitches in the zone.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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The Sun occupies only a small area of the sky, meaning incoming sunlight reaches a solar cell within a narrow angular cone.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Those words capture a central tension in the sprawling show, which occupies interconnected galleries at the far end of the museum’s Resnick Pavilion.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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Food and drink Just off the courtyard, Capitulo restaurant inhabits the former chapter house, a beautiful space with vaulted ceilings, timeworn details, and a stylish, contemporary stunner of a bar.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Resnikoff fully inhabits the role of Jaku, giving him a distinctive and consistent voice, posture and temperament.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of inhabits

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Our ambition is to bring together creative and operational talent within a group that stays human in scale.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
The other two judges, Kelly and Tymkovich, concluded the NCAA made a sufficient showing under the factors governing stays pending appeal, including on the merits and irreparable harm.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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