as in habitable
suitable for living in
the search for an inhabitable planet
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Recent Examples of inhabitable
To hope is to give yourself to the future—and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.
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Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
The home is no longer inhabitable, and the Steaves plan to live with family in the area.
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Leondra Head,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
But in the present day, with the glade abandoned, the only hope for construction to stop is for Mabel to find a beaver — a keystone species — that can once again make the area inhabitable.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
During summer, this broad swath of the Mojave Desert is borderline inhabitable.
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Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
Back then, the Red Planet was regarded as marginally inhabitable.
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New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
Without the mass import of the wet stuff from parts north and east, much of Southern and Central California would be barely inhabitable.
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James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
The effects of it — the societal collapse, the potential for a planet that becomes inhabitable, the domino effects of countries behaving badly and economies collapsing because of climate change — are very real issues that should be front and center of our conversations right now.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Dec. 2025
Or has our world become a little bit too inhabitable?
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
The home is no longer inhabitable, and the Steaves plan to live with family in the area.
—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
But in the present day, with the glade abandoned, the only hope for construction to stop is for Mabel to find a beaver — a keystone species — that can once again make the area inhabitable.
—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
During summer, this broad swath of the Mojave Desert is borderline inhabitable.
—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
Back then, the Red Planet was regarded as marginally inhabitable.
—
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
Without the mass import of the wet stuff from parts north and east, much of Southern and Central California would be barely inhabitable.
—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
The effects of it — the societal collapse, the potential for a planet that becomes inhabitable, the domino effects of countries behaving badly and economies collapsing because of climate change — are very real issues that should be front and center of our conversations right now.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Dec. 2025
Or has our world become a little bit too inhabitable?
—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabitable
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Green means habitable, yellow means moderately damaged, and red signifies that the building is unsafe.
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Work has fast been underway between NASA and its commercial partners to turn its ambitious dream of a habitable lunar outpost into a reality.
Adjective
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According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator, a livable wage in Miami for a one-parent household with three children is about $65 per hour.
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But while the acquisitions have gone at a great pace, the actual conversion into livable housing has been anything but.
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Olivia Taylor, the assistant manager of the swim school, says clearing up misconceptions about what drowning actually looks like and getting anyone comfortable in and around the water, are some of the most important parts of teaching someone how to swim.
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Opt for these wireless ones with a 50-hour battery life, comfortable padding, and more handy features.
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But the disagreement ultimately has less to do with objective criteria—such as the effects of climate change in Europe, which is warming twice as fast as the global average—than subjective questions about what constitutes an acceptable level of physical suffering and sacrifice.
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The rise of color TV meant viewers could see the jerseys better, and the fitness boom meant athleisure was becoming more socially acceptable for adults.
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“Inhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitable. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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