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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Transforming lives More than 20 individuals with disabilities have been trained and hired by ARSOBO.

— Allie Torgan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Jones, who lives about an hour from the main Canadian horse export crossing, told NYT that his reselling of mustangs has saved the government millions of dollars.

— Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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Born in Moscow and raised in East London, Lova now resides in Canterbury in the south of England.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Nichols was inspired by what Richard Linklater had accomplished with the Austin Film Society and its impact on the local film scene in Austin, Texas, where Nichols resides.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

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And as artificial intelligence raises questions about the future of entry-level work, TaskRabbit occupies an unusual corner of the labor market.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
The business currently occupies 16,000 square feet on the second and fourth floors of 210 University.

— Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026

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While a chatbot waits behind a screen, a robot physically inhabits the room.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 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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