as in occupancy
the act or fact of residing in a place
as much as I've enjoyed my residency in this state, it may be time to move on
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Recent Examples of residency
Ortega-Lopez was initially arrested in February at the Cano residency.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Last fall, Cho launched a yearlong residency as a curator at the iconic New York venue Joe’s Pub with Kaye’s show.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The new song, with its accompanying music video dropping on Sunday, April 27, comes days before Hagar kicks off his Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency on April 30.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Her appointment is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing legal dispute over Castillo’s controversial removal from office on Feb. 18, when the results of the city’s residency investigation were revealed to civic leaders in a closed-door meeting.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Last fall, Cho launched a yearlong residency as a curator at the iconic New York venue Joe’s Pub with Kaye’s show.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The new song, with its accompanying music video dropping on Sunday, April 27, comes days before Hagar kicks off his Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency on April 30.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Her appointment is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing legal dispute over Castillo’s controversial removal from office on Feb. 18, when the results of the city’s residency investigation were revealed to civic leaders in a closed-door meeting.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residency
Noun
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However, those expenses would almost always be offset by rents received in the first few months of occupancy.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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The allegations stem from a certificate of occupancy from the New York City Department of Buildings, dated January 26, 2001, which states that the building has dwellings for five families—one in the basement, one on the first floor, one on the second floor, and two on the third floor.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Vita's Ukrainian mother (my grandmother) survived as an orphan for two years under German occupation and barely evaded being carted off to Germany to work as a forced laborer.—
Sasha Vasilyuk,
Time,
8 May 2025
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In a little over a month, the Polish Army was defeated, and the country of Poland came under Nazi and Soviet occupation.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
Noun
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The base itself was a study in the feasibility of long-term human habitation on the ice sheet.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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All of this is now possible thanks to an advanced 3D printing-welding approach that can print these large habitation structures.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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