Thesaurus results for INHABIT

inhabit

verb

Definition of inhabit

as in to occupy

to be in a place for a period of time We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them. The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art.

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Recent Examples of inhabit While a chatbot waits behind a screen, a robot physically inhabits the room. — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The VisionQuest trailer suggests that his brother Tommy’s soul is inhabiting the body of Thomas Shepherd, played by Ruaridh Mollica. — Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026 This district was the heart of Rome’s Jewish and Syrian communities, inhabited for centuries by generations of immigrants from the eastern Mediterranean and their descendants. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026 Most of Chocó's 600,000 inhabitants live in poverty, according to figures published last year by Colombia’s national government, and it is largely inhabited by Indigenous tribes and Afro Colombian communities. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inhabit

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Verb

Netanyahu’s hard-line government has been accused of turning a blind eye to the settler attacks in the West Bank, which many governments around the world consider illegally occupied.

— F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
But no one has lived in the house since 2010, when it was occupied by architects Sirkka and Robert Damora for about five decades after the Booths.

— Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of occupy

Verb

In Pennsylvania, a single adult needs an annual, pretax income of $97,011 to live comfortably, according to SmartAsset.

— Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Before his arrest, Grannell appears to have been transient, possibly living at a campground in Round Mountain, Texas.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026