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tenantry

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  1. tenancy
  2. occupation
  3. occupancy
Noun
  • At the time, her father signed an old-style regulated tenancy agreement.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The laws governing trespassing, tenancy and removal vary by state.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of tenancy
Noun
  • On the last nights of the occupation, troops burned more than 400 tons of waste in open air burn pits, ostensibly for security reasons.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But on the ground in the West Bank, the mostly symbolic moves have not affected Israel’s decades-long military occupation.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupation
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  • 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
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“Tenantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenantry. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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