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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 inhabited
Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Photo: Courtesy of Pikaia Lodge Pikaia Lodge is one of several hotels on the island of Santa Cruz, which is one of the four inhabited islands of the Galapagos along with San Cristobal, Isabela, and Floreana—all of which also have hotels.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
America 6 is inhabited by black Americans living outside of large, segregated metropolitan areas and not in the rural parts of the Deep South.
—Ross Pomeroy, Big Think, 4 Dec. 2024
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The man is being held in lieu of $480,000 bail at Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of numerous charges, including assault with a firearm, shooting into an inhabited dwelling or vehicle, shooting into an uninhabited dwelling or vehicle, willful discharge of a firearm and other crimes.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Photo: Courtesy of Pikaia Lodge Pikaia Lodge is one of several hotels on the island of Santa Cruz, which is one of the four inhabited islands of the Galapagos along with San Cristobal, Isabela, and Floreana—all of which also have hotels.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024
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As the stage is inhabited by an enormous CLOSE-UP of a haunted and exquisitely beautiful WOMAN in her early 50s.
—Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
America 6 is inhabited by black Americans living outside of large, segregated metropolitan areas and not in the rural parts of the Deep South.
—Ross Pomeroy, Big Think, 4 Dec. 2024
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The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023
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And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
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Huckabee has advocated for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967, and has backed Israeli settlers in the territory.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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With the other champions occupied, Lopez emerges as Ennis's most viable opponent.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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In developed countries, an average of 2.1 live births per woman is considered the threshold needed to replace the population, but European women have an average of 1.52 children.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
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Growth has brought enormous contentment and prosperity to the people of developed countries, citizens of developing countries that have embraced the capitalist approach, and, prospectively, to almost the entire world.Jon Moynihan, Fortune Europe, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Inhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabited. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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