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habitation

[hab-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌhæb ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
living place
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The official statistics are essentially the number of people sleeping or about to bed down in the open air or in buildings not designated for habitation, such as car parks, on a single night.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The previous global record for rainforest habitation came from Southeast Asia and dated to around 70,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Many houses have the neglected look of infrequent habitation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

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

All that one could see and feel and hear—of Icefall, moraine, avalanche, cold—was of a world not intended for human habitation.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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