as in inhabitable
suitable for living in
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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Recent Examples of habitable
Those working to transform the building say investments to date have kept the building habitable, but deeper renovation work has run into funding difficulties.
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Underlying the debate is the broader question of whether K2-18b is even habitable to begin with.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 1 May 2025
The second of those, with the nuclear plant at its heart, effectively closed Pripyat for good, with estimates suggesting the area will not be safely habitable for another 20,000 years.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
The Milky Way galaxy alone hosts hundreds of millions of potentially habitable planets.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2025
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2025
Underlying the debate is the broader question of whether K2-18b is even habitable to begin with.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 1 May 2025
The second of those, with the nuclear plant at its heart, effectively closed Pripyat for good, with estimates suggesting the area will not be safely habitable for another 20,000 years.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
The Milky Way galaxy alone hosts hundreds of millions of potentially habitable planets.
—Chris Impey, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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