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
  • Many of these planets are within the habitable zone of their stars.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Its five-year mission is to study dark matter and hunt for habitable worlds outside our solar system.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • And yet a truly livable city depends on much more than thriving business.
    Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Players compete to build massive engines of profit and production to transform Mars into a livable habitat, all in the glorious name of cutthroat capitalism.
    Alan Bradley, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • This year’s Labor Day travel deals stretch well beyond the basics, with savings on airfare, hotels, cruises, train journeys, luggage, outdoor gear, and accessories that make getting from here to there more comfortable.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In the wake of Antonio Silva’s move to the Premier League, Benfica should suit Circati, who is also comfortable moving the ball forward through adventurous carries and long passes from defence.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Shankara advises that worshipping gods with names and stories through devotional rituals and sacred images (murtis) is an acceptable step for some people on the path toward a more philosophical understanding of an all-pervasive ultimate reality.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Lombard has seven errors in his first 20 games and, after his latest miscue, the 21-year-old said his defense was not acceptable.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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

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