as in occupation
the act or fact of residing in a place
the landlord notified us of the need to cease occupancy in three months, when our apartment building would be sold
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of occupancy
When the single-room occupancy next door was gutted in a five-alarm fire, the Meltdown House wasn’t even touched.
—
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The owner tried to raise the ceiling without getting structural engineer oversight, leading the city to post the building as dangerous for human occupancy.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
So if our household optimizer, dedicated to energy efficiency and comfort, can infer occupancy from passive motion-detection or door sensors, the system must not escalate to video (for example, grabbing a security-camera snapshot).
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Staff said the city could raise around $80,000 in transient occupancy taxes from the properties.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for occupancy
Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The owner tried to raise the ceiling without getting structural engineer oversight, leading the city to post the building as dangerous for human occupancy.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
So if our household optimizer, dedicated to energy efficiency and comfort, can infer occupancy from passive motion-detection or door sensors, the system must not escalate to video (for example, grabbing a security-camera snapshot).
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Staff said the city could raise around $80,000 in transient occupancy taxes from the properties.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for occupancy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupancy
Noun
-
The territory remained under Portuguese rule, apart from a brief Japanese occupation during the Second World War, until 1975, when a left-wing Portuguese government pledged to withdraw from all its colonies.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
-
In this stratified society, citizens are divided into seven status levels that determine every aspect of their lives — from housing to occupation to food rations.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Work at the site to determine a more detailed timeline of dinosaur habitation began in 2011.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
-
This larger outpost would be a stepping stone toward artificial gravity and long-term habitation.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Only a few months remain in 2025, but several Grammy-winning artists are already making plans to host Las Vegas residencies next year.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
-
The residency blues In politics, fighting over where candidates live is a tale as old as time.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Occupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupancy. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share