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
While replacement dates for the August shows have yet to be announced, Clarkson is set to resume her Vegas residency in November.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The system is designed to reset each year, allowing qualified applicants to continue pursuing permanent residency in the United States.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Last month, Kelly Clarkson postponed additional shows from her Las Vegas residency.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
A day before news of Blackstock's death became public, Clarkson announced on social media that the August dates of her Las Vegas residency would be postponed due to a family matter.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for residency
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The system is designed to reset each year, allowing qualified applicants to continue pursuing permanent residency in the United States.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Last month, Kelly Clarkson postponed additional shows from her Las Vegas residency.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
A day before news of Blackstock's death became public, Clarkson announced on social media that the August dates of her Las Vegas residency would be postponed due to a family matter.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residency
Noun
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Standard mortgage documents commonly include an occupancy clause that requires the borrower to use the property as their principal residence for at least a year.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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No notice, just like when the city added several dollars in transient occupancy taxes to every guest bill with virtually no notice on May 1.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The deduction is available to taxpayers who receive qualified tips in occupations listed as customarily and regularly receiving tips on or before December 31, 2024.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The speech marked the foundation of an independent Vietnam after nearly a century of French colonial rule and a brief Japanese occupation during World War II, but the French did not recognise the new country and fought a decade-long war, which ended with their defeat in 1954.—
Phuong Nguyen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The International Space Station, still in operations today, was begun in 1998, and has led to a 24 year (and counting) unbroken streak of continuous human habitation in space.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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Managing one’s personal reputation used to be a preoccupation mainly for celebrities and PR firms, but Gen Z’s habitation of digital spaces allows their every move (or post) to be scrutinized and judged by their peers.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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