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 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 Kelly’s mid-30s John drifts through life, straining against his mother Jackie Onassis’s expectations while inhabiting a world that’s so clearly his own personal oyster farm. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 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 The casting of Hahn will be a bit of a magical treat to fans, who for months had fan-cast her as the bad guy in this project, even when actress Scarlett Johansson was temporarily inhabiting it. —

Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026 These felines lived up to their elusive reputation by inhabiting a swampy forest, an environment that requires navigating harsh natural obstacles to reach. —

Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025

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According to the report, the positions of the Howitzers were changed three days before the event, occupying a 50-by-50-meter box that was smaller than originally planned.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Sid lives in the town of Matakana with her single, sometimes-neglectful alcoholic father Leo (Noah Taylor), who wanted to be a painter but now mows the lawns of rich neighbors and visiting Auckland rich boys occupying the beachfront mansions nearby in Omaha.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026