as in interests
to hold the attention of
a puzzle will occupy that child for hours
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Recent Examples of occupies
Its glass door entrance opens directly onto the kitchen, which occupies the central portion of the home and takes up much of the available floorspace.
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New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Xidan Books occupies an immense five-story building in the Xicheng district of Beijing.
—Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Casa da Companhia, Vignette Collection Set along Porto’s pedestrian Rua das Flores, a famous shopping street, Casa da Companhia, Vignette Collection occupies an 18th-century building reimagined as a 40-room boutique hotel.
—AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
The serene property, called Bunya Hill, is located in New South Wales and occupies over 100 acres of land, according to AD.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
But governance could be eventually handed over to the Palestinian Authority, which already oversees parts of the West Bank, another Palestinian territory which Israel occupies, provided the Palestinian Authority adopts a broad series of reforms.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Still, despite the change around him, Lafrenière occupies a fundamentally similar space on the Rangers’ roster; there simply aren’t many players in the mix who have his ceiling.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The school occupies 96,875 square feet, with more than 10,764 square feet dedicated to laboratories.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025
The property occupies a lot of 4,447 square feet.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Xidan Books occupies an immense five-story building in the Xicheng district of Beijing.
—Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Casa da Companhia, Vignette Collection Set along Porto’s pedestrian Rua das Flores, a famous shopping street, Casa da Companhia, Vignette Collection occupies an 18th-century building reimagined as a 40-room boutique hotel.
—AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
The serene property, called Bunya Hill, is located in New South Wales and occupies over 100 acres of land, according to AD.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
But governance could be eventually handed over to the Palestinian Authority, which already oversees parts of the West Bank, another Palestinian territory which Israel occupies, provided the Palestinian Authority adopts a broad series of reforms.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Still, despite the change around him, Lafrenière occupies a fundamentally similar space on the Rangers’ roster; there simply aren’t many players in the mix who have his ceiling.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The school occupies 96,875 square feet, with more than 10,764 square feet dedicated to laboratories.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025
The property occupies a lot of 4,447 square feet.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupies
Verb
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Both men are doing stuff that keeps them occupied, interests them on some level and pays the bills, but doesn’t consume their every waking thought.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Don’t be pushy, show your gratitude, be open-minded, smile, greet people by their first name, learn what interests them and, most of all, have a sense of humor.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The novel immerses the reader in the world of a Carpathian village in the 1970s, where the main character Darusya lives, whom the locals consider mute and mentally retarded due to attacks of headaches, although none of them guesses the true reasons for her behavior and defiance.—
Nelly Klos
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Jenkins studies technique, invests in equipment, and immerses himself in the craft.—
John Armwood III,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Getting a government guarantee can persuade banks to loan money to new business ventures, even though financing them involves a degree of risk, Oetken said.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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This involves having extensive human review to catalog the types of scenarios a model needs to perform well on in the real world.—
Brian Moore,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Plus, the potential for more swappable panels intrigues the modder in us; the first ones, the Stone and Natural options, look promising.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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At the very least, the prospect of doing more with younger Ed and Lorraine intrigues the performers.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That was part of it, just getting into an era that fascinates me.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Is there one that particularly fascinates you?—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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LaKeith Stanfield co-stars in the film as an alluring stranger who attracts Grace, while Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek play Pattinson’s parents.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Oct. 2025
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Females produce a pheromone which attracts clusters of males for mating.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, while Miranda busies herself with building a pageant empire, her husband Ray, a pill-popping nurse, has knocked up the 18-year-old granddaughter of one of his hospice patients.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Its Roots & Shoots program, established in 1991, also engages young people in local efforts to protect animals and the environment.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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And while the Picoult engages a tougher subject (a school shooting and its fallout), the other three titles in this crop are pure romantasy.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Occupies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupies. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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