inhabited
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“I think a lot of Gen Z during that time felt like those spaces that they had inhabited were empty during graduation and prom and all of these big milestone events,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
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
Co-author Michael Polcyn from Southern Methodist University said the discovery expands understanding of both the animals themselves and the ancient ecosystems they inhabited.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
For a counternarrative, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, founded by New Mexico’s 19 Pueblos, and Acoma Sky City, considered the longest continuously inhabited community in North America, offer Indigenous history on Indigenous terms.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
In Homer the underworld is vague, a shadowy place inhabited by shadows.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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