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
The organization also offers youth art camps, workshops in libraries and artist residencies in schools across the Twin Cities.
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
If the bubbling excitement for a new Duff album isn't proof enough, consider the success Ashlee is having revisiting her greatest hits with a Las Vegas residency 17 years after her last album arrived.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Mickey books him into a residency at the swanky Wynn Casino, passing the whole thing off as part of his newfound interest in giving back to the little people, not his bone-deep interest in looking out for himself.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
The late 2025 run will follow-up similar New York residencies by LCD in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
If the bubbling excitement for a new Duff album isn't proof enough, consider the success Ashlee is having revisiting her greatest hits with a Las Vegas residency 17 years after her last album arrived.
—Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Mickey books him into a residency at the swanky Wynn Casino, passing the whole thing off as part of his newfound interest in giving back to the little people, not his bone-deep interest in looking out for himself.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2025
The late 2025 run will follow-up similar New York residencies by LCD in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residency
Noun
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The displays track the journey of the trains and provide information about car occupancy.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The commercial real estate market in New York and other major cities has lagged behind national occupancy rates coming out of Covid.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In fact, as researchers led by MIT economist David Autor have found in examining 80 years of census data, most jobs today are in occupations that that didn’t exist in 1940.—
Jamie Merisotis,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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He was born in the Soviet-occupation zone of Germany in 1945 -- one month before the end of World War II.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But there are significant differences between their ideas of cosmic habitation.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lee would sometimes visit Anderson at the Highland Chateau health and rehabilitation center in Highland Park, where she had been relocated with some objection after her Surrey Avenue property was deemed unfit for human habitation.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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