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 Home to about 24,000 people, the archipelago consists of 80 islands, only a few of which are inhabited. Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025 Some of this trash, Ibarra predicted, could end up being ingested by Kemp’s ridley turtles, an endangered species of sea turtle that inhabits the area. Ivonne Valdes, CNN Money, 1 July 2025 The report will give information on which units are safe to be inhabited, which ones residents can safely enter to collect things but aren’t habitable, and which ones are unsafe to be entered under any circumstances. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2025 Lima, home to 10 million people, has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for inhabit
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  • Interrogating the ways different myths occupy their own unique spaces establishes pathways into existences of literary immortality, offering prisms into the art of storytelling.
    Irenosen Okojie July 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
  • Founded in 2006, the center had previously occupied a single, tiny room on the University Union’s first floor.
    Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
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  • The impact on daily life Being able to communicate in real-time, with one's own voice and personality, is a game-changer for people living with paralysis.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are just living life, despite what critics might have to say about them.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 1 July 2025

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“Inhabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabit. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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