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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
Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
On Monday, July 29, Stout appeared in court and was charged with felony arson of an inhabited structure or property, per ABC News.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
At one point, it is revealed that the polluting, tree-felling Iron Town is inhabited by society’s outcasts, people who would not be able to survive in the uncompromising deathscape of the natural world.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
At night, this land between the Kerry Mountains and Atlantic Ocean offers a breathtaking dark and starry sky undisturbed by the nine inhabited villages within its perimeter.
—Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
On Monday, July 29, Stout appeared in court and was charged with felony arson of an inhabited structure or property, per ABC News.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Verb
This included tariffs on the uninhabited volcanic Heard and McDonald Islands, a remote territory inhabited only by penguins, seals, and seabirds.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
At one point, it is revealed that the polluting, tree-felling Iron Town is inhabited by society’s outcasts, people who would not be able to survive in the uncompromising deathscape of the natural world.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabited
Adjective
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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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No filmmaker was better-equipped to capture the institutional failures of our economic collapse in 2007-08, as Soderbergh has always been pre-occupied by the alienating relationship between our economic systems and his characters.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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The remainder of the hearing was occupied with timetables for jury selection, motions and disclosure of evidence.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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South Africa holds the rotational presidency of the G20 group of developed and developing nations and is due to host world leaders and top diplomats for a summit in Johannesburg in November.—
Time,
Time,
14 Apr. 2025
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OpenAI, with developed ChatGPT, has not commented on the outages.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Inhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabited. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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