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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
Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Pitcairn is the only inhabited one—with a population of around 50 people.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The 120-room property was previously inhabited by Queen Victoria’s favorite son, Arthur, as well as the Royal Army Chaplains.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Jan. 2026
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Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, Grand Isle, is a secret paradise with some of the best fishing in the world.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Pitcairn is the only inhabited one—with a population of around 50 people.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Verb
Rising plumes of smoke showed it was inhabited.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The 120-room property was previously inhabited by Queen Victoria’s favorite son, Arthur, as well as the Royal Army Chaplains.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabited
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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
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Puerto Rico was first colonized by the Spanish from 1493 until 1898, the year that the United States occupied the country as part of the Spanish-American War.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Prop 19, passed in 2020, limited the transfer of a lower tax base only to homes that a child or heir actually occupied, and excluded rental homes.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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Co-developed and co-directed by Jeremy Ohringer and Amelia Hefferon, original music was written by Ethan Korvne and Emily Hayman, and assistant directed by Aidan McGuire, a senior directing and dramaturgy major.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Third, building bridges, not barriers, between developed and developing economies, the public and private sectors, and climate urgency and economic growth.—
Vaishali Nigam Sinha,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Archaeologists recently found a large Roman industrial complex in northern England — along with hundreds of tools, offering rare insight into how Romans lived and worked.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Sherrill thought maybe her sister, who lived nearby, had taken Shannon to the store.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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