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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preoccupancies
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Several hospitality operators in India confirmed the trend and are reporting sharp improvement in occupancies and room prices from May onwards.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
28 May 2026 -
Those same dates the previous year saw occupancies of 54%, 78%, and 83%, respectively.—
Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Fungal pathogens are usually already present in the soil of the lawn, and they can be activated when ideal conditions for fungal invasions arrive.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
28 May 2026
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But that was no surprise in a notoriously toxic period for British tabloids that subjected female stars (both homegrown and American, like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears) to invasions of privacy and public hounding.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Four groups, one from each of those religions, filed a brief urging the high court to take up the USCCB’s case, warning that keeping the lower court rulings in place could lead to infringements on religious autonomy for other religions.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2026
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Montana led the nation in passing legislation that limits infringements on the ability of any resident to make full use of AI and related technologies.—
Neil Chilson,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Researchers found that a sizable share of new entrants into the healthcare industry in recent years were previously outside of the labor force or pivoted from non-health occupations.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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An analysis of federal employment data, paired with a deep dive into the flexible work arrangements at one unnamed Fortune 500 tech company, reveals that companies are less likely to hire recent college grads into occupations that can be done remotely.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
1 June 2026
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“Preoccupancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preoccupancies. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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