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[in-hab-it] / ɪnˈhæb ɪt /


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For Griffin, it illuminated the way Lynch came to inhabit the city he called home for more than half a century.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Actors, musicians and performers train to inhabit perspectives not their own, to remain present through discomfort, and to sustain attention across time.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

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

There are so many unsaid things between us—so many reasons we can only be something like father and daughter, but never fully inhabit our roles.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

One occurs mainly in China, while the other inhabits the Himalayan foothills across parts of Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Myanmar.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

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

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

No story is truly finished until the last reader inhabits it because we all put our unique imprimatur on any novel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“Whatever one’s interpretation of the relationships that she inhabits within the story, her influence was substantial,” Haig adds.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

The place of the fiddler crab in the ecology of the world it inhabits is a necessary one, not easily filled.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

Jansen loves the elaborate Greek ferry system that connects most of the country’s inhabited islands.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The species, which still exists, once inhabited the Southwestern region including Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 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

Rowan had heard Jiller say to Strong Jonn that it was as though they lived in a world of their own, a world inhabited by only two people.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

“I get the yin and yang,” he says of the pleasure and challenge of inhabiting men from such different worlds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Studies have even shown that inhabiting a character increases one’s ability to see from others’ perspectives.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The fossils indicate that the birds inhabiting New Zealand a million years ago were substantially different from those present when people eventually arrived.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

One posits the existence of billions of universes, arguing that happenstance alone accounts for the improbability of our inhabiting this one.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Deer inhabiting nearby forests sometimes had abnormal pigment spots and precancerous warts.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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