Thesaurus results for INHABITING

inhabiting

verb

present participle of inhabit

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 But [Reeves] was inhabiting the same environment of Fort Smith and Fort Worth that the Duttons did in 1883. —

Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 Microraptor’s cousins lived on the ground, but inhabiting the canopy and gliding from tree to tree might have been a safer way to stay out of reach of larger meat-eating dinosaurs. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 That instinct now finds a new register in her acting debut in Margo’s Got Money Troubles on Apple TV, where performance becomes less about presence on a stage and more about inhabiting a world that continues to exist long after the cameras stop rolling. —

Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026 Yellowjackets build a paper nest in a cavity or underground, often inhabiting a rodent hole or hiding the nest under a bush or a brush pile. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 May 2026 To me, the overriding point of a role-playing game is defining your role and inhabiting it. —

ArsTechnica, 25 May 2026 Talagrand was interested in shapes inhabiting hundreds or billions of dimensions—or even more. —

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

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Villasanti is momentarily caught between defending Guimaraes and marking Cunha, who is free because Raphinha is occupying Paraguay’s left-back, Junior Alonso.

— Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Both Republican and Democratic senators expressed concerns about Pulte and his lack of national security credentials in occupying a role coordinating 18 federal agencies involved in domestic and foreign security issues.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026