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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
As planets gradually coalesce out of the disk, many of them may come with the basic ingredients for amino acids baked in — and if any of them are habitable, those molecules may eventually give rise to life.
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Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Formosan and Asian termites are almost entirely restricted to tropical climates, but the invasive insects have consistently arrived to newly habitable regions due to warming temperatures caused by climate change.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
The discovery adds to the evidence that Mars may have once been a habitable planet capable of supporting life.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Based on the breakout indie horror game of the same name by David Szymanski, the story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic future following ‘The Quiet Rapture’, an event that causes stars and habitable planets to vanish.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
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Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Formosan and Asian termites are almost entirely restricted to tropical climates, but the invasive insects have consistently arrived to newly habitable regions due to warming temperatures caused by climate change.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
The discovery adds to the evidence that Mars may have once been a habitable planet capable of supporting life.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Based on the breakout indie horror game of the same name by David Szymanski, the story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic future following ‘The Quiet Rapture’, an event that causes stars and habitable planets to vanish.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitable
inhabitable
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During summer, this broad swath of the Mojave Desert is borderline inhabitable.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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Back then, the Red Planet was regarded as marginally inhabitable.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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