as in occupation
the act or fact of residing in a place
the landlord notified us of the need to cease occupancy in three months, when our apartment building would be sold
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Recent Examples of occupancy
Ye’s first show coincided with the first day of the Mid-Autumn festival holiday, and the average hotel occupancy rate in Haikou jumped by about a half to 83%, year on year, on the same holiday a year earlier.
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Chris Lau, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
According to documents obtained by CBS Austin, the Gateway Hotel has operated the last six years without a valid certificate of occupancy while also violating other city requirements.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
With a growth in audience numbers and the highest seat occupancy in the festival’s history, the 29th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped Friday’s awards ceremony on an optimistic note amid a challenging time for the domestic film industry.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
This slow return to pre-pandemic occupancy levels is especially interesting given widespread pushes toward bringing employees back into the office.
—Daniel Root, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Chris Lau, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
According to documents obtained by CBS Austin, the Gateway Hotel has operated the last six years without a valid certificate of occupancy while also violating other city requirements.
—Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Sep. 2024
With a growth in audience numbers and the highest seat occupancy in the festival’s history, the 29th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) wrapped Friday’s awards ceremony on an optimistic note amid a challenging time for the domestic film industry.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
This slow return to pre-pandemic occupancy levels is especially interesting given widespread pushes toward bringing employees back into the office.
—Daniel Root, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupancy
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The series streamlines much of the larger historical context and can feel claustrophobic as a result — in excluding a full picture of what British occupation materially meant in the day-to-day of West Belfast, the series fails to communicate the scale of what this history means to the region.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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The legislation does not directly outlaw UNRWA’s operations in the West Bank and Gaza, both considered by international law to be outside the state of Israel but under Israeli occupation.Reuters, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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On Wednesday, the St. Paul City Council will review Anderson’s appeal of a city condemnation order declaring her residence to be unfit for habitation.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2024
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Eddy told me her member companies spent much of this year preparing for last week’s vote, identifying 15 project sites in the Central Valley and Imperial Valley with signs of owl habitation and working with biologists to craft a conservation strategy.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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Commission service will always require Sunnyvale residency, which can be verified during the application process.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Take proof of residency — a driver's license, utility bill, bank statement or paycheck are acceptable — to your local clerk's office by 8pm.Joe Guillen, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Occupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupancy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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