cohabits

present tense third-person singular of cohabit
as in lives
formal to share a home and have a sexual relationship They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

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  • That aircraft, which resides at Shaw AFB in South Carolina, is a one-seater, so media folks and distinguished visitors can’t fly in the back.
    Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As Jod sets course for a cold moon on which a not-entirely-trustworthy friend resides, the kids wonder aloud about their increasingly mysterious home planet.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • Women’s, which is on the first floor, occupies 4,400 square feet; men’s on the lower level occupies 2,100 square feet.
    David Moin, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The series looms large in the studio’s psyche and occupies an important place in its finances.
    Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • Some sailings even offer a closer look at the wildlife that inhabits Alaska, the Galapagos Islands, and Antartica.
    Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Powell inhabits a handful of tough guys and embodies a few more idiosyncratic tropes—a long-haired Russian, a Patrick Bateman power-suit type, and a character seemingly inspired by Tilda Swinton—to convince his marks.
    Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Cohabits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabits. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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