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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  • Taylor lives throughout the song.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • If Ament lives up to the hype and Burg is an all-conference type of player, the Vols could compete for the SEC title.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Tyrique lives in Essex, England, while Justine resides in Los Angeles, California.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Lorena, who now goes by her maiden name of Gallo, resides in Virginia with her daughter and partner of over 20 years and volunteers at an organization dedicated to helping survivors of domestic violence.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • But governance could be eventually handed over to the Palestinian Authority, which already oversees parts of the West Bank, another Palestinian territory which Israel occupies, provided the Palestinian Authority adopts a broad series of reforms.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Still, despite the change around him, Lafrenière occupies a fundamentally similar space on the Rangers’ roster; there simply aren’t many players in the mix who have his ceiling.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • The Town of Campbell, outside of La Crosse, also discovered widespread PFAS contamination of private wells, likely stemming from the use of firefighting foam at the La Crosse Regional Airport, which inhabits a portion of the small island in between the Black and Mississippi Rivers.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The team that inhabits it is often called inevitable — immune to pressure and impossible to put away.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
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  • As long as everyone stays healthy, this group seems like the safest bet to be the Mavericks’ starting lineup on opening night.
    Christian Clark, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, insulated, soundproof walls ensure the home stays quiet and comfortable all year long.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Cohabits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabits. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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