TENANCY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

tenancy

noun

Definition of tenancy

as in occupancy

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Recent Examples of tenancy Twenty-six percent of women who were pregnant or postpartum when they were illegally evicted lacked a lease, and 21% of all interview participants who were illegally evicted had a month-to-month tenancy. — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 Pick a region, approve a sub-processor, spin up a tenancy because the security team is on holiday. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Those individual leases were subordinate to BDC’s ground lease, meaning Reitman’s group was responsible not just for reopening the theater but for maintaining and overseeing its existing tenancy structure. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 Because miners’ tenancy depended on their employment, losing a job often meant losing a home as well. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenancy

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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

Definition of occupancy

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

Definition of occupation

Noun

That increase in ownership, despite the pandemic, inflation, and high oil prices, is partly spurred by tax advantages.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
The third concerns the changing fortunes of the work and the field (the two being inseparable), including ownership and the fate of Shift since the artist’s death, in 2024.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ownership

Noun

Seoulting applicants must provide proof of Seoul residency, marital status and economic activity.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
In a post on X ahead of the government’s new residency rules, Takaichi said many permanent residents could not maintain independent livelihoods.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

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