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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Rosé lives the California dream, as her buddies drop into empty swimming pools on skateboards, bounce on mattresses and get up to good, clean fun.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
Eighty percent of Colombia’s population lives within the Magdalena basin.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026

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That’s because the country’s main fear resides not in the extinction of humanity but the threat to the Communist Party’s power.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
The singer-songwriter, who is currently on tour, mainly resides at a rural compound just outside of Framlingham, the tiny historic town where he was raised.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026

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But … Kansas City is just four points out of fourth place, too, which San Diego occupies with 42 points.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Osservatorio Fondazione Prada, inaugurated in December 2016 and dedicated to artistic curation, occupies the uppermost levels.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 15 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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Take Ludwig, 2018, the artist’s first CGI video, which for eight minutes stays fixed on a single CGI blond boy who rolls around in the dark hold of a ship amid a storm.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Ted Turner Reserves also owns and operates four retreats—Armendaris, Ladder, and Sierra Grande in southern New Mexico; Vermejo in the north, on the border with Colorado—where wildlife-watching and nature excursions are built into travelers’ stays.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

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