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cohabits

Definition of cohabitsnext
present tense third-person singular of cohabit
as in lives
formal to share a home and have a sexual relationship They cohabited in a small apartment in the city.

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Verb
  • And Mike saw the difference his father made in his athletes’ lives at the wake.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
  • While the Broncos and Seahawks will watch the chaos unfold at home, 12 teams will be battling for their playoff lives during NFL Wild Card weekend.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The other now resides in Campbell’s division, gearing up for a playoff game while the Lions watch from home.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are resistant to earthquake shaking, though vulnerable structures exist.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The property occupies a sizable 6,868-square-foot lot.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Hisense says cyan occupies a part of the spectrum where the human eye is especially sensitive, allowing the panel to render smoother gradients, more realistic tones and subtler transitions without oversaturation.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And that seemingly uninterrupted one-take is its own argument for the necessity of the medium to transport and astound us out of a banal world, one as banal as the one the Deliriant inhabits as civilization comes to its last gasp.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2025
  • In the film, the monster inhabits a world where people have discovered that the key to immortality is to cease dreaming, but Deliriants continue to do so, risking death in the process.
    Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Although indoor poinsettia usually stays relatively compact, outdoor plants can grow over 10 feet tall.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, water them once a week, making sure the soil stays moist but never wet.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Cohabits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabits. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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