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
His 2023 film Hitman toyed with the thrill of inhabiting multiple identities; Chad Powers expands a real-life stunt into a meditation on failure, accountability, and the cost of reinvention.
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
But, eight months later, the home is still not safe to inhabit.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
But the actors inhabit their roles with commitment, so that even the bad company is good company.
—Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
The park land was once inhabited by Ancestral Puebloans, a Native American civilization that lived in the area in ancient times.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
But, eight months later, the home is still not safe to inhabit.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
But the actors inhabit their roles with commitment, so that even the bad company is good company.
—Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
The park land was once inhabited by Ancestral Puebloans, a Native American civilization that lived in the area in ancient times.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabit
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William Byron, Chase Briscoe, and Joey Logano occupy the sixth, seventh, and eighth places in the same order.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Blair would bring years of political and negotiating experience to the task after occupying 10 Downing Street for a decade and later acting as an international envoy in the Middle East.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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About 20 living hostages remain captive in desperate conditions, Israeli officials say, and about 25 more are believed to have died, but their bodies have not been returned to their families.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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But those who depend on the status to live and work in the United States decried the development.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Inhabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabit. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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