tenantry

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Noun
  • 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, 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
Noun
  • Israel’s parliament is expected to vote today on a bill that would make the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military court of killing Israelis, a measure that Israel’s European allies say would unfairly target Palestinians under military occupation.
    Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Hezbollah was founded in 1982 during Lebanon's civil war and initially was devoted to ending Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In the Chrysler Building’s 96 years of occupancy, exactly two people have managed to pull off the children’s-book fantasy of living there.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Nordseth also argued the city is illegally diverting money collected through a 2% increase in hotel occupancy taxes, approved by voters in 2022.
    Everton Bailey Jr, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Tenantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenantry. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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