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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
Big Think, 23 Mar. 2026
Burke has been charged with murder, attempted murder and shooting into an inhabited vehicle, according to the criminal complaint.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
The Chiting Formation, with its rich fossil-bearing sediments, may yet yield more clues about the creatures that inhabited Taiwan during the Pleistocene.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Within the Milky Way galaxy, alone, there are billions of potentially inhabited worlds.
—Big Think, 23 Mar. 2026
Burke has been charged with murder, attempted murder and shooting into an inhabited vehicle, according to the criminal complaint.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
His reputation for meticulous period work will be central to recreating the world Wong Howe inhabited across more than five decades in Hollywood, from the silent era through the Golden Age of cinema.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
The Chiting Formation, with its rich fossil-bearing sediments, may yet yield more clues about the creatures that inhabited Taiwan during the Pleistocene.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 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.—
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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Even the sixth-generation ryokans that have occupied this neighborhood for centuries don’t have this bird’s eye view.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2026
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If slightly adult-leaning movies once occupied the center of the multiplex, that territory now belongs to the PG movie.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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But critics say the United States is an outlier in the developed world in its lack of IVF regulations, and no reliable databases track errors at IVF clinics across the country.—
Elizabeth Chuck,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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The entire fiscal architecture of the developed world rests on the assumption that capital creates jobs and workers fund the lion's share of the state.—
Ravi Kumar S,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Ames said her family left their home right after the tests and lived with extended family for two months while their house was remediated.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rabell lived with her niece in Nashville for several months in 2018.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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