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
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Recent Examples of occupancy
Several Ohio districts and schools complied with the law by offering single-occupancy bathrooms or gender-neutral bathrooms.
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Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
After receiving its first temporary certificate of occupancy in January, the project has received three extensions since.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
The building is about 32% occupied but CBRE said occupancy levels historically stood at 90%.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
How is occupancy fraud classified and what are the penalties?
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
After receiving its first temporary certificate of occupancy in January, the project has received three extensions since.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
The building is about 32% occupied but CBRE said occupancy levels historically stood at 90%.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025
How is occupancy fraud classified and what are the penalties?
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupancy
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The deduction is available to taxpayers who receive qualified tips in occupations listed as customarily and regularly receiving tips on or before December 31, 2024.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The speech marked the foundation of an independent Vietnam after nearly a century of French colonial rule and a brief Japanese occupation during World War II, but the French did not recognise the new country and fought a decade-long war, which ended with their defeat in 1954.—
Phuong Nguyen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The International Space Station, still in operations today, was begun in 1998, and has led to a 24 year (and counting) unbroken streak of continuous human habitation in space.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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Managing one’s personal reputation used to be a preoccupation mainly for celebrities and PR firms, but Gen Z’s habitation of digital spaces allows their every move (or post) to be scrutinized and judged by their peers.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The company is launching at Selfridges in September and has a four-week residency at Galeries Lafayette starting in November.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Unlike one-off or two-night stadium shows in which the stars, performers, and crew rush into and out of a city, a residency invites fans to come to the artist.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Occupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupancy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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