preoccupancy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for preoccupancy
Noun
  • Its portfolio boasted an overall occupancy rate of 94.3%, with a weighted average lease expiry of 4.8 years.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • In addition to the continuation of the grocery tax, Aurora is also proposing doubling its hotel occupancy tax rate of 3%.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • At least 2,400 American troops died during the invasion on Omaha Beach.
    Chandelis Duster, NPR, 20 July 2025
  • The New York Times reports that climate change may catapult the mushrooms’ invasion even farther in North America, by making more areas of the continent increasingly habitable for the species.
    Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • In the early 1980s, the first generation of Ocalan’s PKK fighters were trained by leftist Palestinian militants in Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and the PKK fought alongside the same Palestinian militants against the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in 1982.
    Ragip Soylu, Time, 18 July 2025
  • As the children of American G.I.s, Mitch and Kazu function as the physical embodiment of the American occupation of Japan in the years immediately following the end of World War II.
    Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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“Preoccupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preoccupancy. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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