inhabited

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Continuously inhabited for the last quarter-century, the aging ISS is scheduled to be pushed into Earth's orbit before crashing into an isolated spot in the Pacific Ocean in 2030.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The orchestra in its pit, with no risers, inhabited the hall.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

It also helps them rebuild the world these ancient hominins inhabited.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

From Argentina it was onto the British territory of South Georgia, a world-renowned wildlife destination famous for its penguin colonies, and then Tristan da Cunha, the remotest inhabited island in the world.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Area is another obvious variable, ranging from the 100 acres of Anuta, the smallest permanently inhabited isolated Polynesian island, up to the 103,000 square miles of the minicontinent of New Zealand.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond