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
Ortega-Lopez was initially arrested in February at the Cano residency.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Last fall, Cho launched a yearlong residency as a curator at the iconic New York venue Joe’s Pub with Kaye’s show.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The new song, with its accompanying music video dropping on Sunday, April 27, comes days before Hagar kicks off his Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency on April 30.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Her appointment is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing legal dispute over Castillo’s controversial removal from office on Feb. 18, when the results of the city’s residency investigation were revealed to civic leaders in a closed-door meeting.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Last fall, Cho launched a yearlong residency as a curator at the iconic New York venue Joe’s Pub with Kaye’s show.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
The new song, with its accompanying music video dropping on Sunday, April 27, comes days before Hagar kicks off his Best of All Worlds Las Vegas residency on April 30.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Her appointment is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing legal dispute over Castillo’s controversial removal from office on Feb. 18, when the results of the city’s residency investigation were revealed to civic leaders in a closed-door meeting.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residency
Noun
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Seventeen studios that operate the majority of stages in L.A. posted average occupancy rates of 63 percent last year, down from 69 percent in 2023.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2025
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At its highest, in Q2 of 2024, occupancy was at 67%.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Obama administration refused to recognize Russia’s control of the territory, and in 2018, the first Trump administration reaffirmed that position, calling for Russia to end its occupation.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the first week of its occupation, some 50 desperate women arrived at Ms. Banyere’s doorstep.—
Sophie Neiman,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The base itself was a study in the feasibility of long-term human habitation on the ice sheet.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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All of this is now possible thanks to an advanced 3D printing-welding approach that can print these large habitation structures.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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