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occupancy, occupation, possession, residency
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But that number had flipped by 2019, with vastly more people living in tents, cars or other places unfit for human habitation than under a roof. — oregonlive.com, "38,000 in Portland area were homeless at some point in 2017, study finds," 20 Aug. 2019 Critics say Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado illustrates the shortcomings of a cleanup designed to be good enough for a refuge but not for human habitation. — Dan Elliott, BostonGlobe.com, "Wildlife now roam where US once forged its deadliest weapons," 18 Aug. 2019 Critics say Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado illustrates the shortcomings of a cleanup designed to be good enough for a refuge but not for human habitation. — Dan Elliott, The Denver Post, "Heavily polluted U.S. weapons sites — including Rocky Flats and Rocky Mountain Arsenal — are now home to wildlife," 18 Aug. 2019 Guo pleaded guilty to burglary of a habitation a year later. — Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, "Past crimes could come back to haunt murder suspect in Highland Park cold-case rape," 2 Aug. 2019 Burglary of a habitation occurred between July 19 and July 27 in the 11900 block of Shadow Creek Parkway, according to a July 27 police report. — Jennifer James, Houston Chronicle, "Pearland DWI arrests include weapons charges," 1 Aug. 2019 Human habitation in the Lunar Gateway is planned to begin in 2024. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Canada Offers Robot Arm for NASA's 'Lunar Gateway' Program," 1 Mar. 2019 Europe’s Lost Frontiers, a five-year project that will wrap up in 2020, has been exploring Doggerland on an unprecedented fine scale, mapping extinct rivers and identifying areas where human habitation was most likely. — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, "Rising Seas Swallowed Countless Archaeological Sites. Scientists Want Them Back," 20 May 2019 The last point-in-time count for which results are available, from January 2018, showed more than 5,000 people living in shelters or in places not suited for human habitation. — Peter Nickeas, chicagotribune.com, "Thousands of Chicago’s homeless have jobs, some college education, contrary to stereotypes, new study says," 2 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'habitation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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