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 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 Daisy Duck This eyelash curler truly leaves no crumbs, but is Daisy Duck inhabiting anyone else’s body? —

Fiona Landers, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026 In these stretches, Willow sounds less concerned with proving her musicianship than actually inhabiting it. —

Precious Fondren, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026 Others are adopted into privileged spaces, only to remain marked as Other, inhabiting shared environments without ever receiving full acceptance. —

Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 Sadly, the full ring of fire will only be witnessed by the few human beings inhabiting research stations in the path of annularity, along with the millions of penguins who call the frozen continent home. —

Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026 Featuring Tim McGraw, Eric Church, and Morgan Wallen, the song finds each artist inhabiting a specific member of the landowning (fictional) McArthur family. —

Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026

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Nvidia and Supermicro were both founded in Silicon Valley in 1993, with each occupying different niches in the burgeoning tech industry.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Plans also call for an acute rehabilitation department in the second East Campus’ west medical tower, occupying space that was unused at the time of purchase.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026