as in to occupy
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 inhabit
Naypyitaw became Myanmar's capital in 2006 after being built at great expense almost from scratch next to what had once been a logging center inhabited largely by farmers.
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Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Illinois became a state in 1818, 42 years after the formation of the United States and after indigenous peoples had inhabited it for thousands of years.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
And then, of course, there is some space left for just the performance of people inhabiting a role or whatever.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
It was inhabited by Count Lemmo Rossi Scotti, who spent his days painting and tending to the garden.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Illinois became a state in 1818, 42 years after the formation of the United States and after indigenous peoples had inhabited it for thousands of years.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
And then, of course, there is some space left for just the performance of people inhabiting a role or whatever.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
It was inhabited by Count Lemmo Rossi Scotti, who spent his days painting and tending to the garden.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabit
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Amad’s second goal of the game comes from one such situation, with Antony occupying Taylor Harwood-Bellis.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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That proposal would see Moscow de facto control parts of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions that Russia occupies but does not fully control.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Chloe, a German Shepherd who lived at the property where O’Keefe, 46, was found unconscious lying in the snow back in January 2022, is a wildcard in the whodunnit case heating up in New England.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Sayegh at one point lived with her boyfriend of five years in the home she’s accused of breaking into, according to her attorney.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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“Inhabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabit. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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