habitation
Example Sentences
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Each site represents a different stage in the long sequence of habitation across this region.
From Science Daily
The site also bears signs of year-round habitation, unlike other pearling operations run in seasonal spots in the region.
From Seattle Times
They have also surveyed some 2,000 buildings to determine their suitability for habitation.
From Los Angeles Times
Not that their dingy storage cellar is fit for habitation — though like many Parisian sub-dwellings, it was once occupied by Jews in hiding during the war, as in François Truffaut’s “The Last Metro.”
From New York Times
He says there are cases of such companies ignoring minimum standards for human habitation and fire safety rules.
From BBC
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