Definition of residencynext
as in occupancy
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 residency After taking the $1 million prize, The Mayyas headlined AGT’s Luxor residency in Las Vegas. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Richie recently underwent a heart procedure for atrial fibrillation and canceled some tour dates but is expected to begin a residency in Las Vegas next month. — Peter White, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 After stops in Amsterdam, London, São Paulo and Mexico City, the One Direction alum is currently nearing the halfway point of his 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden in New York City. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026 Less than one-third of the almost 100 obstetrics and gynecology residency program directors recently surveyed said they were taught how to treat menopause symptoms during their residencies. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for residency
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Noun
  • Tourism decision-makers need to think beyond hotel occupancy and visitor counts.
    — Rachel J.C. Fu, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2026
  • By night, several slapdash dwellings stood ready for occupancy.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Justifying the use of force on their campuses, schools primarily deferred to just this idea of protocol, citing arcane policy mandates to disband encampments and occupations so that academic production could resume its flow.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • First, there’s the occupation and the violence itself that somehow becomes ‘normal’ or is viewed as normal.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Italy’s commitment to build a habitation module and Japan’s contribution of a pressurized rover offer something new to NASA, which didn’t have contracts with US companies to do that work.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Many Gazans have remained in homes now unsafe for habitation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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