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cohabits

verb

present tense third-person singular of cohabit

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formal to share a home and have a sexual relationship They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

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Ragland escorted Meghan to her nuptials and has been a presence in both of her grandchildren’s — Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet — lives.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Park is an artist and actor born in Seoul, South Korea who lives and works in Paris.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

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Kamali, who was born and raised in Germany, studied for her masters in London, and now resides in Paris as the creative director of Chloé, has the soft, melancholic presence of a Pre-Raphaelite muse.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
The defense also said Favors has lived in Chicago her entire life and resides with her mother.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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Civilian specialists The 583rd Missile Maintenance Squadron occupies an unusual position within the Air Force’s nuclear mission.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
The hotel occupies a pristine stretch of sand with the kind of attentive Four Seasons service that extends all the way to your beach chair—food and drinks included—plus paddleboards, boogie boards, and two oceanfront pools.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of occupies

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While a chatbot waits behind a screen, a robot physically inhabits the room.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The singer’s fourth album inhabits a balmy medium zone of relentlessly moderate tempos and subdued vocals, where even brief moments of intriguing tension and fuzz get flattened into homogeneity.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of inhabits

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Tim Cook stays close to Apple Tim Cook became Apple’s executive chair after John Ternus succeeded him as CEO, with a $2 million annual salary and a $45 million target-value equity award.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Trailing the 2010s trilogy by long enough that a genuine pandemic happened in the interim, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes stays within the continuity of those movies while introducing new characters and a further-future setting.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

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