Definition of occupancynext
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 Those measures include faster removal procedures and new penalties for some forms of unauthorized occupancy. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 And today occupancy is extremely low, perhaps in the single digits. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 The latest update adds integrations with 10 workplace platforms, letting this compact module feed its room occupancy and environmental readings directly into the systems companies already use to manage rooms and buildings. — New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026 No interior work on Red Roost is proposed, and no occupancy is being sought. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for occupancy
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Noun
  • On the last nights of the occupation, troops burned more than 400 tons of waste in open air burn pits, ostensibly for security reasons.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But on the ground in the West Bank, the mostly symbolic moves have not affected Israel’s decades-long military occupation.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Italy’s commitment to build a habitation module and Japan’s contribution of a pressurized rover offer something new to NASA, which didn’t have contracts with US companies to do that work.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Many Gazans have remained in homes now unsafe for habitation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • On the ground floor, a studio-slash-gallery will host designers, artists and all manner of creative talents in residency programs.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Google offers a residency for creatives experimenting with their AI studio, Flow, to bridge the gap between filmmakers and Google engineers.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Occupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupancy. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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