as in occupying
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 inhabiting
Talagrand was interested in shapes inhabiting hundreds or billions of dimensions—or even more.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The park is home to around 1,000 black bears and grizzlies, with park officials estimating that about 300 grizzly bears were inhabiting the area in 2023.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Around another corner is Hagar in the Wilderness (1875), still inhabiting the wasteland around her after being scorned by Abraham.
—Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The translator is keenly aware of inhabiting this space.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Puppets create a liminal space between the quotidian and the fantastic, while inhabiting the same, actual three-dimensional space as the rest of us.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Characters are constantly zipping through the two-story rotating set, from classroom to kitchen to banquet hall, inhabiting their stories in alternating snippets.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
That cross-continental team pooled expertise to confirm the frog as a distinct species — one that had been quietly inhabiting its mountainous ecosystem, unrecognized by science until now.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
While the Oscars have been held downtown before, previously inhabiting the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Shrine Auditorium, the Dolby Theatre has been synonymous with the event for the past two decades.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 26 Mar. 2026
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The park is home to around 1,000 black bears and grizzlies, with park officials estimating that about 300 grizzly bears were inhabiting the area in 2023.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Around another corner is Hagar in the Wilderness (1875), still inhabiting the wasteland around her after being scorned by Abraham.
—Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
The translator is keenly aware of inhabiting this space.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Puppets create a liminal space between the quotidian and the fantastic, while inhabiting the same, actual three-dimensional space as the rest of us.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
Characters are constantly zipping through the two-story rotating set, from classroom to kitchen to banquet hall, inhabiting their stories in alternating snippets.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
That cross-continental team pooled expertise to confirm the frog as a distinct species — one that had been quietly inhabiting its mountainous ecosystem, unrecognized by science until now.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
While the Oscars have been held downtown before, previously inhabiting the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Shrine Auditorium, the Dolby Theatre has been synonymous with the event for the past two decades.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabiting
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If bits are mere mortals, occupying space and time, qubits possess omnipresence and telepathy.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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If bits are mere mortals, occupying space and time, qubits possess omnipresence and telepathy.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Some people simply have no passion for living.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Power Houses Inside the living rooms of notable New Yorkers.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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