cohabit

as in to live
formal to share a home and have a sexual relationship They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

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Recent Examples of cohabit Those elements help create a world in which a flippant modern mindset and traces of an anachronistic 18th-century one can cohabit comfortably. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024 How serious can the crisis be if cookware and boxers cohabit so cozily with the apocalypse? Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 Even if Patrice and Gary solely intend to cohabit, they are informed by a disability rights lawyer in one of the documentary’s early scenes that their benefits are likely to be cut. Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 No alcohol is served onboard and as a mixed unmarried couple we are forbidden to cohabit. Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cohabit 

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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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