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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
Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
Company founder David Torres explained that the famous lava arch of Darwin, which collapsed due to erosion in 2021, is a 14-hour boat ride from the closest inhabited island, so McDonald’s would likely have no interest in such advertising in the middle of the Pacific.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2024
Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Those lofts now cost millions and are inhabited by people very different from Hujar and his friends.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Halstenberg has been charged with one count of aggravated arson, three counts of arson on structure or forest land, three counts of possession of material or a device for arson, one count of arson resulting in bodily harm, and a count of arson of an inhabited structure.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
Company founder David Torres explained that the famous lava arch of Darwin, which collapsed due to erosion in 2021, is a 14-hour boat ride from the closest inhabited island, so McDonald’s would likely have no interest in such advertising in the middle of the Pacific.
—Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2024
Verb
With its 61 square kilometers (just over 23 square miles) wedged between the Emilia Romagna and Marche regions of northeastern Italy, San Marino has existed as an organized settlement since at least the beginning of the fourth century and was likely inhabited much earlier.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
Those lofts now cost millions and are inhabited by people very different from Hujar and his friends.
—Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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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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There are only 325 spaces for RVs in city lots and as of early 2024, 95% were occupied, according to a legislative analysis.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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But the forging of the rings and the relationship between those two ought to have been the focus of the first season, while their schism and ultimate war could have occupied this season.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Doing business in a developed market, for example, reduces uncertainties.Majeed Javdani, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The population decline is already causing labor shortages in agriculture and manufacturing, and South Korea has reluctantly turned to workers from less developed Asian countries to help plug the gap.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Inhabited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhabited. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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