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[in-hab-it] / ɪnˈhæb ɪt /


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Mallory decides she can inhabit the world of a down-and-out gay addict.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

The novel introduces us to twin sisters who play, and come to deeply inhabit, the roles of a single girl’s body and soul during Victorian-era séances staged by their parents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Actors, musicians and performers train to inhabit perspectives not their own, to remain present through discomfort, and to sustain attention across time.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

At this rainforest-like indoor farm, where creatures such as coral, tropical fish and sea cucumbers inhabit different aquariums, Kinjo bred "miracle coral" with extra resistance to warmer water.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

It would be a perfect moment to freeze in time and make into a little diorama that I could inhabit for an eternity.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

The cerebral Cady that Bardem inhabits spent nearly two decades in prison convicted for his wife’s murder.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

This is one smart, encompassing album about the world this talented singer-songwriter inhabits.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

An animal inhabits its space, whether in a zoo or in the wild, in the same way chess pieces move about a chessboard—significantly.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

He insisted the targeted building was inhabited by "peaceful people with no connection to anyone".

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

“Insidious” once seemed energized by its exploration of a land inhabited by the luckless dead.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Mosasaurs were large marine reptiles that inhabited oceans around the world during the Late Cretaceous, approximately 98 to 66 million years ago.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Jansen loves the elaborate Greek ferry system that connects most of the country’s inhabited islands.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Other parts were gritty with sand, or were tangled in seaweed, or were inhabited by small, scuttling creatures.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

Exercises often pushed students into strange scenarios or premises: embodying an object, exploring a feeling or inhabiting a logic to find more instinctive, present performances.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

"He was inhabiting the music through his whole body."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

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

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Many of the news stories highlighted the threat to the unique plants and animals inhabiting the island off the coast of Santa Barbara, from plucky, pint-sized foxes to the rarest pine trees in North America.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

There were six people and a Scotch terrier inhabiting the remote farmhouse Major Major called home, and five of them and the Scotch terrier turned out to be agents for the F.B.I.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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