habitable

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We say the amount of the population that has died and what parts of the country and world are habitable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The disaster set the stage for lawsuits by fire victims who alleged their homes were filled with toxic contaminants, yet insurers refused to do hygienic testing and properly clean and make them habitable again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Finding more events like this could improve scientists' understanding of how planetary systems evolve and help narrow the search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

Canvey Island Foreshore, Essex - a family-favourite sandy beach, the island has only been populated since the 17th Century when the Dutch made the marshlands habitable.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

If the philosophers were right and the habitable earth was a sphere floating on the surface of a larger globe of water, then a map should show the habitable earth as a circle.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton