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
As the links between habitable areas disappear, Big Cypress fox squirrels are funneled into a few risky travel routes.
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Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
The cabin of Orion is comprised of 330 habitable cubic feet, roughly the size of two minivans, according to NASA.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
The new paper proposes that researchers are more likely to find potentially habitable worlds by looking for smaller, cooler stars, around which rocky planets are easier to see.
—Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2026
According to their study published on March 19 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists believe only 45 rocky planets are located in a habitable zone near their respective stars—and that’s being generous.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
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Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
The cabin of Orion is comprised of 330 habitable cubic feet, roughly the size of two minivans, according to NASA.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
The new paper proposes that researchers are more likely to find potentially habitable worlds by looking for smaller, cooler stars, around which rocky planets are easier to see.
—Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2026
According to their study published on March 19 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists believe only 45 rocky planets are located in a habitable zone near their respective stars—and that’s being generous.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 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 15 Apr. 2026.
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