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[in-hab-it] / ɪnˈhæb ɪt /


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At this rainforest-like indoor farm, where creatures such as coral, tropical fish and sea cucumbers inhabit different aquariums, Kinjo bred "miracle coral" with extra resistance to warmer water.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

In demonstrating what she herself loves about the Great Books, Ms. Kanakia helps readers viscerally inhabit that love.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

They destroy the bacterial cells they inhabit while producing large numbers of new virus particles.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The team plan to survey the beetle's population and try and determine whether there are other suitable sites for it to inhabit in Cumbria.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“You know, there’s a place we all inhabit, but we don’t much think about it, we’re scarcely conscious of it, and it lasts for less than a minute a day.”

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

But Seemiller argues that’s no longer the landscape Gen Z inhabits.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

This is one smart, encompassing album about the world this talented singer-songwriter inhabits.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

That is why, in his eighth decade, McKechnie remains a master of the relentless world he inhabits.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2026

Anguish and ambiguity are perfectly compatible in the world that Williams inhabits.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2025

Often used or conjured by wizards for decoration, the fairy generally inhabits woodlands or glades.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Mosasaurs were large marine reptiles that inhabited oceans around the world during the Late Cretaceous, approximately 98 to 66 million years ago.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

The Jail Time Records studio is rudimentary - a small, sweaty recording booth attached to a room inhabited by a solitary computer.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Like many Americans, she read “Little House in the Big Woods” when she was a child and immediately fell in love with Laura “Half-pint” Ingalls, her family, friends and the world they inhabited.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

There have been increasing complaints from farmers about damaged crops and residents over bear incursions into inhabited areas, sparking angry social media exchanges with those who defend the animals' protected status.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

And the crickets and lizards and other small creatures that usually inhabited woods like this?

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

"He was inhabiting the music through his whole body."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The brisk, absurdist tale sketches the duo’s difficulties in inhabiting their newly assumed roles and in the provisional nature of role-playing in general.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

When the nefarious Pilkington Industries repossesses Manor Farm after a failure to make payments, the animals inhabiting the stead are nearly trucked off to their demise.

From Salon May 3, 2026

Halliday: I physically was a different character when I was in the scenes in Toronto versus when I was in Gilead because I was inhabiting the space in a very different way.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

I couldn’t travel with an alien organism inhabiting my face.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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