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as in occupancies
the act or fact of residing in a place
the city declared the area unsafe for habitation until it had been decontaminated
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as in dwellings
the place where one lives
even though they spend most of their time at their condo in Florida, they still consider their farmhouse in Nebraska their permanent habitation
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Recent Examples of habitations
Wild elephants often stray into human habitations this time of year, when rice fields are ready for harvesting.
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CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Such defensive settlements became the norm in areas vulnerable to slave-raiding, with individual houses and collective habitations undergoing significant transformations.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Photojournalist Ann Hermes traveled to the offices of the Ipswich Local News (Massachusetts), the Juneau Empire (Alaska), and 50 more newsrooms in between to document the endangered local journalist’s increasingly dim and drafty habitations.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Such defensive settlements became the norm in areas vulnerable to slave-raiding, with individual houses and collective habitations undergoing significant transformations.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Photojournalist Ann Hermes traveled to the offices of the Ipswich Local News (Massachusetts), the Juneau Empire (Alaska), and 50 more newsrooms in between to document the endangered local journalist’s increasingly dim and drafty habitations.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for habitations
Noun
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Homes built closely on zero lot lines with dense suburban single- and multi-family occupancies place families and homes in the path of bigger, louder and stronger fireworks.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Roughly half reached new peak occupancies either in June or July.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Last week, councilmembers approved expanding the number of miniature dwellings at a homeless shelter on Roseville Road, with Councilmember Lisa Kaplan casting the sole opposing vote.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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In Europe at least, most people lived in single-room dwellings without windows and families all slept in the same bed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the Loyola Marymount poll, unlike the other polls, respondents were given brief descriptions of the candidates, including their occupations and political priorities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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There’s currently a dire shortage of electricians, and employment in the profession is expected to grow by 9% through 2034, well above the average growth for all occupations.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Cattle, deer and other large herbivores disturb the abodes of bacteria.—
Hannah Kinzer,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Frette is another name in Italian linens to know that’s been decorating iconic Mediterranean interiors since 1860, including the abodes of actual royalty.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The rooms Properties range from traditional two-story, three-bedroom villas with shingle roofs to modern hilltop residences that wouldn’t be out of place in Beverly Hills.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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Johnson’s ordinance also permitted them by right in areas across the city zoned for multiunit residences and some business and commercial districts.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The rooms Properties range from traditional two-story, three-bedroom villas with shingle roofs to modern hilltop residences that wouldn’t be out of place in Beverly Hills.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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The 87-year-old brick building, crowned with a cupola, lacks the electrical infrastructure and air filtration system required in modern labs, and scientists there have been contending with leaking roofs and mold.—
Angela Eichhorst,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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ZooAmerica, which is located inside Hersheypark, is an 11-acre zoo that houses animals found in North America.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Haubrich intends to build a new street to be called Eastwood Circle that would have access off Handel, 17 of the houses would have driveways connecting to Eastwood.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Red Cross said the crash damaged the building and forced three families — a total of 10 people — from their homes.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Money divested from Israel would be given out as cash gifts so that newly married couples could buy homes.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Habitations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitations. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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