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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
Even more tantalizing, the researchers posit that the discovery could be the tip of the iceberg if more evidence of planetary collisions are out there – and some could be worlds that are habitable.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
Overall, that has led to estimates that there are very likely between 300 million and 10 billion rocky exoplanets that are potentially habitable, and that’s within the Milky Way alone.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
The Arlington Heights Fire Department said the blaze was contained in the kitchen, and no injuries were reported, but the home is not habitable as a result of smoke damage.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile observations of potentially habitable exoplanets by the James Webb Space Telescope have also uncovered what some scientists have controversially interpreted as possible biosignatures.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026
Overall, that has led to estimates that there are very likely between 300 million and 10 billion rocky exoplanets that are potentially habitable, and that’s within the Milky Way alone.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
The Arlington Heights Fire Department said the blaze was contained in the kitchen, and no injuries were reported, but the home is not habitable as a result of smoke damage.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile observations of potentially habitable exoplanets by the James Webb Space Telescope have also uncovered what some scientists have controversially interpreted as possible biosignatures.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitable
inhabitable
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The home is no longer inhabitable, and the Steaves plan to live with family in the area.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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But in the present day, with the glade abandoned, the only hope for construction to stop is for Mabel to find a beaver — a keystone species — that can once again make the area inhabitable.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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