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
This wise, gentle character had been inhabited and portrayed by such eminent people.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The country aims to keep Tiangong, which is about 20% as massive as the International Space Station, permanently inhabited for at least a decade.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The genome of the female violet copper butterfly, which inhabits a huge swath of territory stretching from the Pyrenees to Siberia, consists of 25 pairs of chromosomes with a total of 547,306,268 base pairs.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The casserole takes its name from a town outside Charleston, South Carolina, which was originally inhabited by the indigenous Sewee people.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The country aims to keep Tiangong, which is about 20% as massive as the International Space Station, permanently inhabited for at least a decade.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The genome of the female violet copper butterfly, which inhabits a huge swath of territory stretching from the Pyrenees to Siberia, consists of 25 pairs of chromosomes with a total of 547,306,268 base pairs.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The casserole takes its name from a town outside Charleston, South Carolina, which was originally inhabited by the indigenous Sewee people.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
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Beijing — When Ho Puay-peng first visited Beijing’s Forbidden City in the late 1980s, the Singaporean architect saw many of the historic courtyards used for storage, filled with garbage, and occupied by danwei (government offices).—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Detroit Tigers, who occupied first place the American League Central for 187 of the 194 days in the regular season this year, came up short for the second season in a row.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Monroe, who was living with a friend of her mother's at the time, reportedly wed her then-boyfriend to avoid going into foster care, Dougherty told UPI in February 1990.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Gap UltraSoft Denim Swing Chore Jacket The ultimate fall jacket lives somewhere between a barn coat and classic denim, and the Gap UltraSoft Denim Swing Chore Jacket hits that sweet spot.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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