Thesaurus results for COHABITS

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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Omid lives about a mile from port facilities that were hit last week.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
And that final refinement process, the last 20%, is where the hardest thinking still lives.

— Adam Taylor, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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Only in Britain could a station that appears to be a useful piece of infrastructure for nobody (except, possibly, the person who resides in one farmhouse two miles away) continue to exist.

— Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.

— Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 12 July 2026

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Advertisement That question deserves particular attention because Atlanta occupies a unique place in the American imagination.

— Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 17 July 2026
The restaurant occupies a compact space that serves customers from a takeout counter, with picnic tables outside for eating.

— Katie Riley, Southern Living, 17 July 2026

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While Toy Story films usually focus on one child, Toy Story 5 will introduce Blaze, a girl who inhabits Jesse’s old farm where Emily — Jesse’s original owner from Toy Story 2 — once lived, voiced by Myka-Michelle Harris.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
Together with his assistant Patricia (Kate O’Flynn) and true believer Wyck (Stephen Root), Tom discovers the off vibes originate with a pact between town founder Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater) and the demonic force that inhabits the island.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026

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Thanks to streams flowing from the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, the water stays nice and cool to help beat the summer heat.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
In Miami, the city’s Miami 21 zoning code prohibits lodging stays fewer than 30 days in multi-family residential buildings like The Club unless the building has a special Certificate of Use (CU) designating it a condo-hotel.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

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