preoccupancy

noun

Definition of preoccupancynext
as in occupancy

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  1. occupancy
  2. invasion
  3. occupation
Noun
  • Commercial occupancy levels in the city, along with retail spending and public transit usage, have gradually been returning to near pre-Covid levels after several difficult years due to the pandemic and other factors.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 July 2026
  • The new measure also captures people the old one ignores entirely—including nursing-home residents and students in dorms, who don’t show up in owner-occupancy data at all.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Definition of occupancy
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  • Moscow has repeatedly warned the UK and other Kyiv allies over their support for Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country in 2022.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Privately, Biden and his advisers used the visit to Israel to try to persuade Netanyahu’s war cabinet to postpone an invasion of Gaza.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of invasion
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  • Meanwhile, demand for workers in occupations facing the largest shortages, from skilled trades to certain healthcare roles, is only going to grow.
    — Svenja Gudell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • This system considered factors such as race, occupation, and income — a practice now known as redlining.
    — Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of occupation
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“Preoccupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preoccupancy. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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