inhabitable

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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. 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
Adjective
  • In the Milky Way alone, roughly four billion Earth-sized planets are sitting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars.
    Chris Young July 07, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
  • The mission won't just hunt for aliens, but rather explore these habitable planets and their atmospheres, expanding our understanding of other worlds while also being used for a variety of astronomical purposes.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • And New York City has championed these conversions, offering tax incentives to turn older vacant office buildings into livable spaces.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
  • Each city receives an overall score out of 100 and is then ranked from most to least liveable.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Adjective
  • Some older employees who have benefited from a booming stock market may be retiring feeling comfortable with their 401(k)s, though that doesn’t explain why the participation rate for people ages 25 to 55 has fallen.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 9 July 2026
  • Campers can keep the interior at a comfortable sleeping temperature, use the lights and audio system, and plug into the van for operating appliances like coffeemakers and blenders.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
Adjective
  • Most companies wrote acceptable-use policies for safety and data.
    Emily Lewis-Pinnell, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The Nimbus Flat North Beach area had two measurements within acceptable levels after its water first tested above the threshold on June 23.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

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“Inhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitable. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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