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
Noun
  • Mata did not allege a specific instance of harm, but rather a broad invasion of privacy.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
  • No major new international retail brands entered Russia during the first quarter of 2026, something that had happened only once previously immediately after the invasion began.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of invasion
Noun
  • Experts emphasize Syria's 29-year occupation history makes any new involvement politically toxic.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • If entry-level consultants, lawyers, and financial analysts were being systematically substituted out at the pace Amodei described to 60 Minutes in November 2025, McCrory’s occupation-level unemployment data should already show some divergence.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Definition of occupation
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