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[in-hab-it] / ɪnˈhæb ɪt /


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By the early 2020s, an estimated 50,000 people lived here, external, having made a neighbourhood out of a place they had little choice but to inhabit.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Fire salamanders typically inhabit damp forests, streams, and mountainous regions, where habitat destruction and fragmentation increasingly threaten their survival.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

All eight pieces inhabit a sound world born of the duo’s unusual approach to the piano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Billy, now inhabiting the body of and living as William, was then able to use his powers to help Tommy’s soul find a new body to inhabit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Lately Gogol has started to notice a trend: now that they inhabit this world of couples, dinner party small talk gravitates to the naming of children.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Victoria Newhouse’s classic book “Art and the Power of Placement” is all about how the impact of an artwork is affected by the space it inhabits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

One occurs mainly in China, while the other inhabits the Himalayan foothills across parts of Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Myanmar.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

But Seemiller argues that’s no longer the landscape Gen Z inhabits.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Their Paradise Cove condo is not unlike the home one of the main characters inhabits 30 years later in the book’s second half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Often used or conjured by wizards for decoration, the fairy generally inhabits woodlands or glades.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

It was the one glaring omission from the calendar, and the race in Rwanda will give F1 a presence on every single inhabited continent, as well as access to a largely untapped market.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Its enormous body and unusual evolutionary history offer a glimpse into a time when giant snakes inhabited the warm, tropical landscapes of ancient India.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The authorities have not divulged which inmates had inhabited the luxury accommodation, nor said what will happen to them now.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Odin and Vili and Ve knew that a world is not a world until it is inhabited.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Actors like the “challenge” of inhabiting a person famous enough to be the subject of one, and they often scoop up awards when that season rolls around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Studies have even shown that inhabiting a character increases one’s ability to see from others’ perspectives.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

The fossils indicate that the birds inhabiting New Zealand a million years ago were substantially different from those present when people eventually arrived.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

By 1956 the father of two sons had developed the “mystic conviction that he was inhabiting the wrong body.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Wherever there are great forests, modern methods of insect control threaten the fishes inhabiting the streams in the shelter of the trees.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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