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as in occupied
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
Anonymous, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2011
Sandoval is facing 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.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
And all the ones that were inhabited had religious beliefs.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
It should be kept in mind that the territory the cession of which is provided for is largely desert and very sparsely inhabited.
—Anonymous, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2011
Sandoval is facing 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.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Verb
The culture developed from the archaic people of the Everglades region who had inhabited the area for thousands of years.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
And all the ones that were inhabited had religious beliefs.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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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
Verb
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That slides into the date previously occupied by Matt Reeves The Batman sequel, which is currently untitled.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Dec. 2024
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The century-old watchmaker stopped operations when the Soviets occupied East Germany post-WWII.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
26 Dec. 2024
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Multiple sources told Variety that the project was shut down after unanimous agreement from producers and Gondry that the film did not live up to its developed conceit.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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There was no detailed description of the way that the nascent American oligarchy differs from the more developed, more unchallenged forms of oligarchy in Russia or China.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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