INHABITED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in cultivated

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verb

past tense of inhabit

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to be in a place for a period of time We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them. The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art.

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Their singing can sometimes be heard a mile away by the few neighbors in the sparsely inhabited outskirts of Santa Clarita. — Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026 The district is made up of an archipelago of 65 inhabited islands with some of the highest rates of HIV in Uganda. — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026

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Some of these spaces were inhabited by horses or llamas, but many were just sown with Kentucky blue grass that was carefully cut every weekend. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 The work doesn’t answer whether the hydrothermal system in that crater was actually inhabited. — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inhabited

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The home is located on a quarter-acre of native and cultivated gardens and houses an art studio and yurt.

— Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2023

Definition of cultivated

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Built in 1784, the home was originally occupied by a prominent Salem merchant dealing in rum and Sumatran pepper.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that its air defenses overnight downed 646 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, occupied Crimea, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupied

Adjective

More than 11,000 Americans turn 65 every single day, and birth rates are falling across most of the developed world.

— Pat Gelsinger, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Some went to cities that have long been magnets for immigrants — New York, Miami — but increasingly, others found their way to smaller cities with less developed immigrant footholds.

— Will Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of developed

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The Nobel Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, a businessman, engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, and scientist, who lived from 1833 to 1896.

— Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
In that case, too, Erica and Peter not only lived nine months rent-free in the apartment until, as the case dragged on, a judge ordered them to start paying for use of the space, but Erica also criticized the conditions there.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026

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