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
Suyian Lodge is a new Kenyan safari offering and the first tourist-centric accommodation to inhabit this particular corner of Laikipia.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The group winds up settling on a new planet inhabited by two rival native factions, the Garkohn and the Tehkohn, and Alanna gets caught right in the middle of their conflict.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Moist didn’t always inhabit such a precarious position in our psyche.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Steve Whitmire inhabited Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Statler, Rizzo the Rat, Link Hogthrob, Lips and the Newsman across a single film.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The group winds up settling on a new planet inhabited by two rival native factions, the Garkohn and the Tehkohn, and Alanna gets caught right in the middle of their conflict.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Moist didn’t always inhabit such a precarious position in our psyche.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Steve Whitmire inhabited Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Statler, Rizzo the Rat, Link Hogthrob, Lips and the Newsman across a single film.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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Nonetheless, Israel has continued to strike deep within Lebanon, and its army occupies much of the country’s south.—
Sarah Tamimi,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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More commonly, prescribed burning is halted because Forest Service staff are occupied fighting wildfires.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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And what about Ctenocheloides attenboroughi, a living species of ghost shrimp less than an inch long?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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That in turn affects how nutrients cycle and where different species can live, which shows up in the birds’ regurgitations.—
Hannah Richter,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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“Inhabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabit. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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