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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
Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
Do Take the ferry from Stonington to Isle au Haut, one of Maine's few remaining unbridged inhabited islands, visit the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and take a walk around the one-of-a-kind sculpture garden at Nervous Nellie’s Jams and Jellies.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
ABC News, 31 May 2026
Field plays Tova Sullivan, a widowed, allegedly elderly woman who, because she is inhabited by the still-spunky actress, never quite seems elderly enough.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2026
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Adjective
In addition to first-degree murder, McNally was convicted on two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm; shooting at an inhabited occupied structure/vehicle; and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, according to the DA's statement.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
Do Take the ferry from Stonington to Isle au Haut, one of Maine's few remaining unbridged inhabited islands, visit the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and take a walk around the one-of-a-kind sculpture garden at Nervous Nellie’s Jams and Jellies.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
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Now a fixture of global popular culture, the zombie comes originally from West and Central African mythology, a figure helplessly inhabited by the spirits of the dead and under their influence.
—ABC News, 31 May 2026
Field plays Tova Sullivan, a widowed, allegedly elderly woman who, because she is inhabited by the still-spunky actress, never quite seems elderly enough.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 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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As the name implies, these sensors are designed to detect whether the room is occupied.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 June 2026
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Estuardo Mazariegos and Jose Ugarte will vie for the District 9 council seat that is currently occupied by Curren Price, and Tim Gaspar and Barri Worth Girvan will square off for the District 3 seat held by incumbent Bob Blumenfield.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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India’s version of strategic autonomy is, perhaps, the most developed and instructive.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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Grace Bay is a pretty developed part of Providenciales in terms of proximity to other resorts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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East of the Ohio River, elk lived throughout the Appalachian Mountains from South Carolina to New York and were reported to have been most abundant in the mountainous areas of the Cumberland and Allegheny Plateaus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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There’s so many things happening at the same time, which is appropriate for a character that’s lived over 200 years and is an amalgamation of everybody else’s perception of him.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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