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preoccupancy

noun

Definition of preoccupancy

as in occupancy

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One is a draft vote to shut the center down, asserting the building is unsafe for occupancy.

— Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Sometimes the biggest operational question is not occupancy or pricing.

— Thomas Despin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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In Kyiv, Kushner spoke about the war in tidily transactional language, acknowledging little of the bloodshed and destruction that Putin’s invasion has wrought.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
And an unconquered Ukraine will, by fighting or by remembering the horrors of Russia’s invasion, pose an enduring strategic challenge for Russia.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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The lawsuit also sought to block roving patrols making stops and arrests based solely on race, language and occupation, and to protect access to counsel rights for people in detention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
For their critics, understanding it as a response to the brutal occupation precluded calling it evil.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

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