habitable
adjective
hab·it·able
ˈha-bə-tə-bəl 
also hə-ˈbi-tə-
: capable of being lived in : suitable for habitation
Examples of habitable in a Sentence
The house is not habitable.
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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The telescope had been used to track asteroids on a path to Earth, conduct research that led to a Nobel Prize and determine whether a planet was potentially habitable.
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Simple life emerged on earth within the first billion years of its habitable window, astrophysicist Piero Madau, a University of California, Santa Cruz, noted in a 2023 paper appearing in The Astrophysical Journal.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
This system is made up of seven rocky, roughly Earth-sized planets that are fairly close together, some of which are in the star’s habitable zone.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
Four adjacent units sustained light smoke damage but were habitable.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Simple life emerged on earth within the first billion years of its habitable window, astrophysicist Piero Madau, a University of California, Santa Cruz, noted in a 2023 paper appearing in The Astrophysical Journal.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
This system is made up of seven rocky, roughly Earth-sized planets that are fairly close together, some of which are in the star’s habitable zone.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
Four adjacent units sustained light smoke damage but were habitable.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
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habitable
adjective
hab·it·able
ˈha-bi-tə-bəl
: suitable and fit for a person to live in : free of defects that endanger the health and safety of occupants see also warranty of habitability at warranty
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