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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
Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
The San Diego Reader reported in 2012 that Jenkins, then 25 years old, pleaded guilty to three felony counts that included charges related to stealing a vehicle and burglarizing an inhabited home.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Holding court on Captain’s Row—an area of the village inhabited by sea captains during the 19th century when the town was a thriving whaling port—the stately Greek Revival home was built in the 1840s and is known as Pond View for its scenic locale overlooking Otter Pond and Sag Harbor Cove.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2025
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Verb
So a team of researchers analyzed genetic data from nearly 5,000 individuals living in the last few decades, spanning every inhabited continent, and identified 126 cases where those individuals’ ancestry indicated interbreeding between two distinct populations at some point in the past.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
The San Diego Reader reported in 2012 that Jenkins, then 25 years old, pleaded guilty to three felony counts that included charges related to stealing a vehicle and burglarizing an inhabited home.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
But the online world Robinson inhabited looked markedly different.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Holding court on Captain’s Row—an area of the village inhabited by sea captains during the 19th century when the town was a thriving whaling port—the stately Greek Revival home was built in the 1840s and is known as Pond View for its scenic locale overlooking Otter Pond and Sag Harbor Cove.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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Trammell soon occupied the White House on Homeland (2020), played sleazy blues bandleader Ben on This Is Us (2016–2017), and took the lead on Reckoning (2019–2020).—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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Four additional dogs were found in another room that was occupied by both Millers, who are married, according to the release.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
2 Feb. 2023
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And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.—
Jennifer Schuessler,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2023
Verb
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Orwell was arguably the greatest psychologist of totalitarianism who ever lived.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Fort Worth was the historical homeland of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, whose people lived, hunted, and migrated through lands today called North Texas.—
Hollace Ava Weiner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The situation is made worse when governments in the developed world violate environmental regulations or try to persuade citizens that the environment is expendable in light of national security concerns.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
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The new website is part of a broader initiative the administration says is aimed at bringing prices paid by Americans, including Medicaid patients, more in line with those paid in other developed countries.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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