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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
Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Tristan da Cunha, a group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, is Britian’s most remote inhabited overseas territory.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
This signals to birds that the wreath is already inhabited.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
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Adjective
The research, published in Nature analyzed more than a million daily satellite images from NASA’s Black Marble dataset between 2014 and 2022, tracking changes in artificial light across the inhabited world.
—Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
Tristan da Cunha, a group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, is Britian’s most remote inhabited overseas territory.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Verb
During the Early Cretaceous, Nagatitan inhabited an arid-to-semiarid landscape defined by a meandering river system teeming with fish, crocodiles, and freshwater sharks.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
This signals to birds that the wreath is already inhabited.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
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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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At least 27 homes were so severely damaged that they could not be safely occupied along the coast, according to the California Coastal Commission.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The drive-thru coffee house will take over the property previously occupied by TGI Fridays, which closed five years ago, said petitioner James Hus of the DVG Team.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The United Kingdom raised its minimum wage to two-thirds of its median wage—among the highest ratios in the developed world—with negligible employment effects.—
Nick Hanauer,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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Starlink holds spectrum and ground station licenses across the majority of the developed world.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Most of the residents of the Hamad Building had lived there for decades.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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Over hundreds of years, at least 50 Indian tribes lived full-time or have connections to what is now the state of Colorado.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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