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habitable

adjective

ˈha-bə-tə-bəl

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as in inhabitable

suitable for living in the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter

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Recent Examples of habitable Others just want someone to tell them their house can be habitable again. — Julimar Valentina Rivas Perez, NBC news, 24 July 2026 If accurate, this discovery might have made our Solar System next-door neighbor more habitable in its distant past. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 23 July 2026 The telescope will use gravitational microlensing to detect planets in and beyond the habitable zones of their star systems. — Elijah Tan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026 In the few homes the FCC paid Adak Eagle to connect that are habitable, the occupants have abandoned Adak Eagle. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for habitable

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inhabitable

Adjective

To hope is to give yourself to the future—and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
The home is no longer inhabitable, and the Steaves plan to live with family in the area.

— Leondra Head, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026

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