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habitation

[hab-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌhæb ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
NOUN
living place
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Many houses have the neglected look of infrequent habitation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

You won’t see deer, tapir, peccaries, monkeys or chicken-like curassows anywhere within trekking distance of habitation; they’ve all been eaten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

"This facility had been occupied by Daesh, most likely to store weapons and explosives. The area around the facility is devoid of any civilian habitation," the statement added.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

“The habitation of these people on the island,” one Brookhaven National Laboratory scientist wrote in a 1957 report, “will afford the most valuable ecological radiation data on human beings.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

He’d glimpsed some ruins along the banks, piles of masonry overgrown by vines and moss and flowers, but no other signs of human habitation.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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