inhabitable

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Recent Examples of inhabitable My entire theory of writing is indebted to looking at floor plans with my mother as a child—which gave me the sense of language as something spatial and inhabitable. — Nandini Krishnan, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabitable
Adjective
  • Perhaps that dust could exist in the habitable zones of the stars Roman looks toward, and perhaps this could tell us more about the birth of planet Earth.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Many of these planets are within the habitable zone of their stars.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Lower bills, cleaner air, and a livable planet are all in our hands.
    — Illapa Sairitupac, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Humans are continuing to push Earth beyond livable levels of heat, pollution and other conditions—both for us and for millions of species.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Mercury in your partnership house squares Mars in your 4th, creating friction between another person’s perspective and what feels comfortable or settled to you.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Hats, comfortable walking shoes and sunscreen are also advised.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • They were rendered invisible in the dominant discourse, their deaths acceptable costs in a game of power politics and conquest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The facility’s operator did not demonstrate acceptable food safety knowledge on proper warewashing, sanitizer requirement/use, cloth towel use/storage, food contact surface cleaning and cold holding temperatures.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Inhabitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabitable. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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