inhabited
Americanadjective
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Example Sentences
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At one point, residents say, the abandoned property was inhabited by the unhoused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"Our priority, our thinking, our aim is for your lives, to save your lives and protect inhabited areas," Sanchez told reporters in the village of Cenicientos in the fire zone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Originally inhabited by Alaska Natives, the area was known as Nushagak by 1837, when a Russian Orthodox mission was established there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Cape Verde is an archipelagic country in the central Atlantic Ocean made up of 10 islands, of which nine are inhabited.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
This remembered world was somehow more vivid than the physical world I inhabited, and I phased between them.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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