as in to occupy
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 inhabit
Two Chinas inhabit the American imagination: One is a technology and manufacturing superpower poised to lead the world.
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Li Yuan, New York Times, 13 May 2025
And once again, fans of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical can see the show’s 18th-century characters inhabited by an all-new cast of actors.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
Hiaasen’s skill as a writer lies less in the virtuosity of his sentence-level prose than in the exuberant strangeness of his plots and the inner lives of the people who inhabit them.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
But the Netherlands wanted the approximately 500,000 Papuans who inhabited the territory—a largely Christian people who did not want unification with Muslim Indonesia—to achieve self-determination, charging Sukarno with being neo-imperialist.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
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Li Yuan, New York Times, 13 May 2025
And once again, fans of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical can see the show’s 18th-century characters inhabited by an all-new cast of actors.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
Hiaasen’s skill as a writer lies less in the virtuosity of his sentence-level prose than in the exuberant strangeness of his plots and the inner lives of the people who inhabit them.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
But the Netherlands wanted the approximately 500,000 Papuans who inhabited the territory—a largely Christian people who did not want unification with Muslim Indonesia—to achieve self-determination, charging Sukarno with being neo-imperialist.
—Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhabit
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The Industrialist Facing the Barclays Center, The Industrialist occupies a four-story warehouse reimagined as an artist's sanctuary.—
Malik Peay,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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One notable holdover from the prior films is providing a thread of lesbian desire, though Megan’s unrequited pining for Lori occupies a more marginal place in the narrative this time around.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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Upon learning that Rusby lives alone in Plaistow, Kevin takes him home.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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Anyone who lives or works in Northwest Indiana is eligible for consideration.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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