habitation

Example Sentences

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You won’t see deer, tapir, peccaries, monkeys or chicken-like curassows anywhere within trekking distance of habitation; they’ve all been eaten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"This facility had been occupied by Daesh, most likely to store weapons and explosives. The area around the facility is devoid of any civilian habitation," the statement added.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

Each site represents a different stage in the long sequence of habitation across this region.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

“The habitation of these people on the island,” one Brookhaven National Laboratory scientist wrote in a 1957 report, “will afford the most valuable ecological radiation data on human beings.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

One chap is convinced he'll find evidence of much earlier habitation than anyone suspected.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman