tenancy

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Recent Examples of tenancy However, recent amendments clarified that parks are not automatically considered closed if destroyed by a disaster, and that additional steps are required to terminate tenancy rights. Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026 In northern China, tenancy was the norm, mostly held by at-will tenants with little bargaining power, paying as much as half their output in rent, while in richer and more commercialized southern China, owner-worker systems were the norm. Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 The overall premise is based on Sokolov and his wife’s tenancy at a Russian apartment building a decade ago. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026 Georgia lawmakers advanced legislation Monday that could strip people living long term in hotels of some tenancy rights established in a Georgia Supreme Court ruling. Matt Reynolds, AJC.com, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenancy
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Noun
  • The high caliber of its parks helped to drive more than 38 million visits to the destination and this upward trend continued in 2025 as Yas Island had a record-breaking summer with a 15% year-on-year increase in visits and an average occupancy rate of 85% in its hotels.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The Valley Motel was seeking to either waive a park land fee worth $123,662 or to enter into a payment plan beginning two years after receiving a certificate of occupancy.
    Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Two wars in as many years with Israel — both launched on other’s behalf but with outsized consequences borne here — have resulted in thousands of dead, a million-plus displacement crisis and the leveling and occupation of wide swaths of the country.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • The ridge was included in an IDF occupation map released on Thursday, which expanded the force’s zone of operations north toward the Ali al-Taher hill area.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at the real estate firm Redfin, expressed doubt that the bill would meaningfully boost the nation's housing supply, noting that investors could potentially skirt the ownership cap by breaking their holdings into smaller entities.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • The chaebol has risen in prominence over the past year owing to its ownership of SK Hynix, one of the world’s most important producers of memory chips and a major supplier to Nvidia.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Attorneys for the challenger Sullivan argued that the Constitution lays out three exclusive qualifications for the Senate — age, citizenship and residency.
    Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026
  • Attorneys for the challenger Sullivan argued that the Constitution lays out three exclusive qualifications for the Senate, addressing only age, citizenship and residency.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026

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“Tenancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenancy. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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