as in occupations
the act or fact of residing in a place
as much as I've enjoyed my residency in this state, it may be time to move on
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Recent Examples of residencies
Only a few months remain in 2025, but several Grammy-winning artists are already making plans to host Las Vegas residencies next year.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Their years of work and collaboration created a network of ensembles, classes, and school residencies reaching thousands in Kansas City.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Stefani will also make history as the first woman to headline the Sphere, following residencies by U2, the Eagles, and the Backstreet Boys.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
Film labs and residencies don’t really encourage you to trust yourself as an artist.
—Joële Walinga, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
Growing up on the same street in Saratoga, the Blocks followed each other to both the East and the West Coasts throughout their residencies and fellowships.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Next up, Conrad is excited to do potential residencies around Whimsy.
—Akili King, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
Among the 2025 class, members came from the military, private sector, medical residencies, and federal-science agencies.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Created in 2015 to promote emerging talent and delivered in partnership with the Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) training centre, the initiative offers five residencies to filmmakers each year.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Their years of work and collaboration created a network of ensembles, classes, and school residencies reaching thousands in Kansas City.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Stefani will also make history as the first woman to headline the Sphere, following residencies by U2, the Eagles, and the Backstreet Boys.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
Film labs and residencies don’t really encourage you to trust yourself as an artist.
—Joële Walinga, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
Growing up on the same street in Saratoga, the Blocks followed each other to both the East and the West Coasts throughout their residencies and fellowships.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Next up, Conrad is excited to do potential residencies around Whimsy.
—Akili King, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025
Among the 2025 class, members came from the military, private sector, medical residencies, and federal-science agencies.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Created in 2015 to promote emerging talent and delivered in partnership with the Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) training centre, the initiative offers five residencies to filmmakers each year.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for residencies
Noun
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Back in 2023, USA TODAY published an exhaustive database of the nation’s deadliest occupations, based on fatality data for 2021.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Other common occupations held by Americans include retail salespeople, registered nurses, customer service representatives and fast food and counter workers, though the results vary slightly by geography.—
Natalie Wu,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Roughly half reached new peak occupancies either in June or July.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Residencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residencies. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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