tenantry

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  1. tenancy
  2. occupation
  3. occupancy
Noun
  • Because miners’ tenancy depended on their employment, losing a job often meant losing a home as well.
    — Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Burkhalter, a Florida resident when the LLC was formed, argued his interest was held as tenancy by the entireties (TBE), protecting it from individual creditors under Florida law.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
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  • Data on climbing salaries shows that a job that pays well at 25 may offer surprisingly little wage growth by 50, while another occupation with a more modest starting point can produce dramatic earnings such as the ones in the Coin Insider analysis.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The French took control of Menorca from 1756 to 1763, and, as Juaneda tells me, Louis-François-Armand du Plessis, Duke de Richelieu, the commander of the French troops, organized a banquet to commemorate and celebrate the occupation of the island.
    — Lauren David, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • Rates can decrease if paid parking space occupancy falls below thresholds set by the city's curb management policy that was adopted by city council in 2024.
    — Marissa Armas, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Gastevich was also critical of town building officials, saying that some houses were given occupancy permits where the land was not properly graded to specifications, which created drainage problems.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
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“Tenantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenantry. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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