as in occupied
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
Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 June 2025
As the only inhabited of the Channel Islands, Catalina Island's natural beauty stuns with turquoise waters beneath cliffside homes, evoking the charm of Italy’s Amalfi Coast.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 24 June 2025
John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
At one point, it is revealed that the polluting, tree-felling Iron Town is inhabited by society’s outcasts, people who would not be able to survive in the uncompromising deathscape of the natural world.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Roughly 70% of that surface is ocean and much of the rest is desert or other sparsely inhabited terrain.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 June 2025
As the only inhabited of the Channel Islands, Catalina Island's natural beauty stuns with turquoise waters beneath cliffside homes, evoking the charm of Italy’s Amalfi Coast.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Adjective
This included tariffs on the uninhabited volcanic Heard and McDonald Islands, a remote territory inhabited only by penguins, seals, and seabirds.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
At one point, it is revealed that the polluting, tree-felling Iron Town is inhabited by society’s outcasts, people who would not be able to survive in the uncompromising deathscape of the natural world.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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No filmmaker was better-equipped to capture the institutional failures of our economic collapse in 2007-08, as Soderbergh has always been pre-occupied by the alienating relationship between our economic systems and his characters.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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The remainder of the hearing was occupied with timetables for jury selection, motions and disclosure of evidence.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 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
Adjective
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One of the complaints from Kenyan workers was that they are paid less compared to AI trainers from developed countries.—
Nicholas Kitonyi,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Morningstar projects non-U.S. stocks in developed markets will rise 8.1% annually over the next 10 years.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
3 Aug. 2025
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