habitation

Example Sentences

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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 submersion caused by the rapid rise in sea level, followed by the abandonment of fishing structures, protective works, and habitation sites, must have left a lasting impression."

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

“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

Just now, though, neither of those was fit for human habitation, and Othell Yarwyck and his builders were still off trying to restore the Nightfort.

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