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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 inhabited
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Close attention and careful listening revealed that the deep silence was alive, inhabited.
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
The Tohono O’odham had inhabited its land for hundreds of years before Mexico, through the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, ceded some of it to the United States.
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Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Adjective
The local economy is based around fishing and farming, with the nearest inhabited islands a couple of hours away by boat.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Close attention and careful listening revealed that the deep silence was alive, inhabited.
—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
Verb
Set in Metropia, a gigantic city in an alternate future inhabited by aliens and humans as seen from a 1939 perspective, the film revolves around private eye Raymond Gunn (Rockwell) who is drawn into a case involving murder and a multimedia star named Venus Nova, voiced by Scarlett Johansson.
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Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
The Tohono O’odham had inhabited its land for hundreds of years before Mexico, through the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, ceded some of it to the United States.
—
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabited
Adjective
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The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.
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And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.
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But the location of his grave was lost once British troops retook the city in late 1778 and occupied it through the war’s end, camping in the cemetery.
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Dying was such a momentous thing to do, and while Matthew, their dear friend, their cousin-brother, had been off doing it, the women had occupied themselves with such frivolities as cleaning and heat.
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If anything, Brown seemed motivated to build off of that group with a healthier Tatum and a more developed supporting cast.
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The other three women all have connections to Maxine, yet she’s not involved in their most developed and personally significant scenes.
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That obviously had a lot of consequences for the Native Americans who lived there.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee has lived at the home for more than four decades, according to the listing held by Keller Williams Everett's Jeannette Harpole.
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“Inhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabited. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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