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inhabit

[in-hab-it] / ɪnˈhæb ɪt /


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The gut microbiome consists of the enormous community of bacteria and other microorganisms that inhabit the digestive system.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Watching “That Thing You Do!” climbing the charts throughout the movie is a peek into an alien musical world, one that was both more regional and more monocultural than the one we inhabit today.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

While they may inhabit a different world than the rest of us in other respects, they live and die along with the rest of the investment world when it comes to investing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

That translates into belonging in different spaces where I could have been uncomfortable in before, so it’s a great time to inhabit these characters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

He doesn’t want to inhabit an anonymous room.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

No story is truly finished until the last reader inhabits it because we all put our unique imprimatur on any novel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

That is why, in his eighth decade, McKechnie remains a master of the relentless world he inhabits.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

It originated in Borneo, where it inhabits dense jungle.

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

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

Continuously inhabited for the last quarter-century, the aging ISS is scheduled to be pushed out of orbit before crashing into one of Earth's oceans sometime around 2030.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

From 1948 to 1974, as gatekeeper at Airlie Gardens, Evans inhabited a neoclassical Eden where, locally celebrated, she made and sold her work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The universe went on into infinity, dotted with innumerable worlds, each inhabited by mysterious creatures.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

As a child in North London, growing up with a Jamaican-Guyanese mother and an English father, she was drawn to performance in part because she was freed from her introversion when inhabiting a role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

When the nefarious Pilkington Industries repossesses Manor Farm after a failure to make payments, the animals inhabiting the stead are nearly trucked off to their demise.

From Salon ● May 3, 2026

Human beings, born ultimately of the stars and now for a while inhabiting a world called Earth, have begun their long voyage home.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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