cohabitate
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of cohabitate
1625–35; < Late Latin cohabitātus, past participle of cohabitāre cohabit; -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Today, adult children cycle in and out, but few young married couples want to cohabitate with mom and dad.
From Slate • Nov. 27, 2024
"We believe that these are signs that there is a level of adaptation for the fungus that helps it cohabitate with the bees," Bush said.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
Ms. McCubbin, and other experts in organizing as well as psychology, said there were a few practical strategies that could help pack rats and neatniks cohabitate in relative harmony.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2024
Destry, a ranger monitoring a planet in progress in the novel’s early going, is a “hominin,” a human-like being who can live hundreds of years, and her fellow hominins peacefully cohabitate with different species.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2023
The takeaway is bleak: Climate change is supercharging poison ivy, and the plant likes to cohabitate with humans.
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2021
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