Example Sentences

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I want to honor the families, because the intentional inhabitation of these spaces was an act of resistance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The journey took hours of driving up narrow, bumpy roads, in an area where there are few signs of inhabitation apart from a handful of farmers and shepherds.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

This year, in two months alone, its rental inspection program found 33 units unfit for inhabitation.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

An exclusion zone for hundreds of square miles surrounds the abandoned plant to limit public access and inhabitation.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

The ancient inhabitation beneath and around the modern town has barely been investigated.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann