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
Set during the Cold War, the show follows two chess grandmasters — one American, one Soviet — both connected to Florence, the role JoJo will inhabit.
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Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
The filmmaker weaves together the current fights for not only the land, but also for the women who inhabit the land.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
The novel does not offer the reader a character to comfortably inhabit or a moral to extract.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Instead of casinos, there are dinner-show theaters, go-kart tracks, and a sprawling Margaritaville megacomplex, its central fountain inhabited by giant animatronic Brachiosaurus that roar from time to time.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
The filmmaker weaves together the current fights for not only the land, but also for the women who inhabit the land.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
The novel does not offer the reader a character to comfortably inhabit or a moral to extract.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Instead of casinos, there are dinner-show theaters, go-kart tracks, and a sprawling Margaritaville megacomplex, its central fountain inhabited by giant animatronic Brachiosaurus that roar from time to time.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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But all of the 222 guest rooms, which occupy the 23rd through the 30th floors of the towers, offer stellar, unimpeded sight lines.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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The property occupies a lot of 12,376 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Residents living outside of those eight Southeast Michigan counties will also see fuel savings, Whitmer says, because those counties are already allowed to sell cheaper fuel blends without a waiver.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Later that month, his daughter, who lives abroad, received a call from an unknown number informing her that her brother had been shot and killed.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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