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Recent Examples of habitable That is, with Venus and earth-like planets at habitable distances from their stars as well as gas giants orbiting at Jupiter-like distances (which in our solar system’s case is 5 astronomical units), or five times the average distance between the Earth and sun. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Astronomers are studying an exoplanet about 40 light-years away from Earth that could be habitable. Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025 While Redford might have shied away from calling himself an activist, he was fiercely dedicated to pushing for a world that was habitable for all. Simmone Shah, Time, 16 Sep. 2025 Because methane is a potent greenhouse gas, many scientists suspect that these first methanogens, or methane makers, warmed the planet some 3.5 billion years ago — making the place habitable for life forms that would follow. Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for habitable
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inhabitable
Adjective
  • Or has our world become a little bit too inhabitable?
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025
  • With the pay increase in playing ball overseas, athletes still live in inhabitable conditions and sacrifice familial memories.
    Essence, Essence, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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