as in occupies
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 inhabits
This Pig, which is in the countryside just outside Canterbury, inhabits the remaining wing of a 17th-century country manor, the bulk of which was torn down in 1704.
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Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
The next best thing to taking care of the garden beds is taking care of the wildlife that inhabits them.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2026
Blending observation with musical sequences, the film inhabits routine, memory and desire in a city shaped by crisis and persistence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Moura inhabits the raw honesty of a man caught in the heart of authoritarianism, anchoring a timely, true-story-adjacent drama.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
On his own album, Granli inhabits each song with an arcane spirit, careful to never derail his fragile mystery.
—H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
Each sound inhabits its own space, hardly touching the others.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
That tonal shift is mirrored not only in the storytelling, but in the places the series now inhabits.
—Chloe Laws, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
As a 2015 study from Herpetological Monographs explains, the crab-eating frog inhabits environments that swing dramatically between freshwater and full seawater with tides and rainfall.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
The next best thing to taking care of the garden beds is taking care of the wildlife that inhabits them.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2026
Blending observation with musical sequences, the film inhabits routine, memory and desire in a city shaped by crisis and persistence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026
Moura inhabits the raw honesty of a man caught in the heart of authoritarianism, anchoring a timely, true-story-adjacent drama.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
On his own album, Granli inhabits each song with an arcane spirit, careful to never derail his fragile mystery.
—H.d. Angel, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
Each sound inhabits its own space, hardly touching the others.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
That tonal shift is mirrored not only in the storytelling, but in the places the series now inhabits.
—Chloe Laws, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
As a 2015 study from Herpetological Monographs explains, the crab-eating frog inhabits environments that swing dramatically between freshwater and full seawater with tides and rainfall.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabits
occupies
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The celestial equator is just a projection of Earth’s terrestrial equator onto our sky and occupies the same mathematical plane as Earth’s terrestrial equator.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Nevada, by Imogen Binnie, occupies a similar place in my own literary imagination.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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