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as in professions
the activity by which one regularly makes a living
my primary occupation is stockbroker, but I'm a drummer in a rock band on the weekends
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as in occupancies
the act or fact of residing in a place
occupation of a condemned building is illegal
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Recent Examples of occupations
While the mix of occupations has shifted slightly in the past years, the authors stress that this change is still well within historical norms.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
The federal law signed in July allows workers in certain occupations to deduct up to $25,000 in tips from the income reported on their tax filings.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Chandar cautions that, for specific occupations, the trend may not be driven by AI alone; other changes in the tech industry could also be causing the drop.
—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Luscombe said the invitation for comments on the deduction for tip income indicates that the IRS is probably open to considering some additions to its list of occupations for qualified tip recipients.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The Treasury’s list of qualified occupations includes many jobs.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Experts say that further clarification is needed to understand which occupations qualify and how the official list will interact with the SSTBs.
—Ana Teresa Solá,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The website lists the names and occupations of those celebrating the late Charlie Kirk’s death.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
There was language to distinguish tips from other sorts of income and a limitation to occupations that had customarily and regularly received tips prior to December 31, 2024.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
The federal law signed in July allows workers in certain occupations to deduct up to $25,000 in tips from the income reported on their tax filings.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Chandar cautions that, for specific occupations, the trend may not be driven by AI alone; other changes in the tech industry could also be causing the drop.
—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Luscombe said the invitation for comments on the deduction for tip income indicates that the IRS is probably open to considering some additions to its list of occupations for qualified tip recipients.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
The Treasury’s list of qualified occupations includes many jobs.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Experts say that further clarification is needed to understand which occupations qualify and how the official list will interact with the SSTBs.
—Ana Teresa Solá,kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The website lists the names and occupations of those celebrating the late Charlie Kirk’s death.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
There was language to distinguish tips from other sorts of income and a limitation to occupations that had customarily and regularly received tips prior to December 31, 2024.
—Peter J Reilly, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupations
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Called GDPval, the benchmark evaluates leading AI models on real-world tasks, curated by experts from across 44 different professions, representing nine different sectors of the economy.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Those on-demand, realistic substitutes could potentially expedite training for healthcare professions.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
25 Sep. 2025
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Roughly half reached new peak occupancies either in June or July.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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These spyware notifications have been running since 2021, and are primarily directed towards users in high-risk vocations or locations, who may be targeted by such spyware.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In previous generations, individuals would launch from these families into careers and vocations that further enforced these identities.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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Among the 2025 class, members came from the military, private sector, medical residencies, and federal-science agencies.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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Created in 2015 to promote emerging talent and delivered in partnership with the Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) training centre, the initiative offers five residencies to filmmakers each year.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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Get an insurance checkup and document your possessions.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The puck needs to be on their stick as much as possible, with the new coach’s philosophies aimed at creating more opportunities to play fast, attack in transition and generate extra possessions.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Occupations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupations. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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