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inhabit

[in-hab-it] / ɪnˈhæb ɪt /


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Some horse stables inhabit valuable land on Manhattan’s west side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

He had just lately begun to inhabit this territory on the edge of the village.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Ms. Cline inhabits his thoughts in close third-person and though she writes in the past tense, her narration evokes an intimate, sometimes smothering feeling of presentness—of being confined within David’s immediate consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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

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

Evidence from the fossil deposits indicates that some of these snakes inhabited tidal environments, while others occupied swamps and marshes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Last week, the Indonesian ombudsman's office said an inspection had uncovered a cluster of indulgently furnished apartments inhabited by inmates on the grounds of the Cibinong prison in Bogor, south of the capital.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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

What we saw was not the same house we had believed we had inhabited if only for a day.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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

Dame Felicity's agent told the BBC that "in her work, she was sublime; inhabiting every performance with precision, depth and beauty".

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

One posits the existence of billions of universes, arguing that happenstance alone accounts for the improbability of our inhabiting this one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

This is a tropical or subtropical insect, inhabiting South and Central America and Mexico, and in the United States normally restricted to the Southwest.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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