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to be in a place for a period of time
We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them. The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art.
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Recent Examples of inhabited
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Miguel Sandoval, 19, was charged with six counts, including four counts of murder, one felony count of first-degree residential burglary with a person present, and one felony count of arson of an inhabited structure or property, according to an L.A. District Attorney Office press release.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
At one point, it is revealed that the polluting, tree-felling Iron Town is inhabited by society’s outcasts, people who would not be able to survive in the uncompromising deathscape of the natural world.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Although much of it will burn up, significant chunks of ISS debris could rain across the land, possibly over an inhabited area.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Miguel Sandoval, 19, was charged with six counts, including four counts of murder, one felony count of first-degree residential burglary with a person present, and one felony count of arson of an inhabited structure or property, according to an L.A. District Attorney Office press release.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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This included tariffs on the uninhabited volcanic Heard and McDonald Islands, a remote territory inhabited only by penguins, seals, and seabirds.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
At one point, it is revealed that the polluting, tree-felling Iron Town is inhabited by society’s outcasts, people who would not be able to survive in the uncompromising deathscape of the natural world.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabited
Adjective
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The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
2 Feb. 2023
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And the archive, Golia said, reflects Didion’s cultivated awareness of her self-presentation.—
Jennifer Schuessler,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2023
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No filmmaker was better-equipped to capture the institutional failures of our economic collapse in 2007-08, as Soderbergh has always been pre-occupied by the alienating relationship between our economic systems and his characters.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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The remainder of the hearing was occupied with timetables for jury selection, motions and disclosure of evidence.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
14 Mar. 2025
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Situated on the Catawba River between Lake Norman and Lake Hickory, Lookout Shoals Lake is smaller and less developed than its larger neighbors.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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In fact, only 7% of ocean plastics originate from developed countries.—
Josiah Neeley,
Oc Register,
21 May 2025
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