as in inhabits
to supply with inhabitants
believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars
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The festival inhabits empty buildings in Riga, exploring their potential and possible development strategies that could be used to regenerate them.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025 -
The pomegranate contains all the commandments of God in its seeds; the divine inhabits it.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ejecta from its innermost large, volcano-rich moon, Io, populates this inner magnetosphere with sulfur dioxide gas, where the magnetic field forces this material to co-rotate with Jupiter itself in a torus-like shape.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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Now, when a user opens Lens Live, the Amazon app instantly populates a carousel of potential products in real-time, without needing a static image.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Colonizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonizes. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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