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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
Rebecca Montero’s lighting design and Steve Covey’s projection design helps define the many places Moses inhabits, shifting the mood and focus with subtle changes that suggest everything from cold, city streets to synagogues to the Berkshire woods.
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Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Over pinwheeling synths, Mahesh inhabits her narrator’s misplaced longing with gooey, heart-eyed delusion and sweetly pathetic determination.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
Olsen fully inhabits her role as a popular social media influencer and the object of Ingrid's obsession.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Hameed provides the voice and remote puppetry, while Shah inhabits the bear costume onstage.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
At the point of impact, where buildings shatter and flesh is shredded, the war inhabits the material world of awful human consequences.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
The Tokara Leaf Warbler inhabits the Tokara Islands, located approximately 621 miles to the southwest.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
Records collected by the fishing industry, wildlife officials, and others suggest that the species inhabits a handful of strongholds from coastal Pakistan eastward to the northeastern part of Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo.
—John P. Rafferty, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
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.
—Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
Over pinwheeling synths, Mahesh inhabits her narrator’s misplaced longing with gooey, heart-eyed delusion and sweetly pathetic determination.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
Olsen fully inhabits her role as a popular social media influencer and the object of Ingrid's obsession.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Hameed provides the voice and remote puppetry, while Shah inhabits the bear costume onstage.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
At the point of impact, where buildings shatter and flesh is shredded, the war inhabits the material world of awful human consequences.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
The Tokara Leaf Warbler inhabits the Tokara Islands, located approximately 621 miles to the southwest.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
Records collected by the fishing industry, wildlife officials, and others suggest that the species inhabits a handful of strongholds from coastal Pakistan eastward to the northeastern part of Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo.
—John P. Rafferty, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
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.
—Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabits
occupies
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Speaking of the movement, the one-minute flying Tourbillon occupies prime position at 6 o’clock, creating even more of a spectacle on the wrist.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
16 May 2026
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At this four-star resort spread over about 10 acres, each suite occupies its own little dammuso.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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