as in to interest
to hold the attention of
a puzzle will occupy that child for hours
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Recent Examples of occupy
The Chiefs became the first team to win with their quarterback occupying more than 13% of the salary cap.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Russia now occupies some 20% of Ukraine’s territory.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Again, look at the gesturing from the Everton players, who occupied the centre of midfield excellently.
—Michael Cox, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
San Diego Wave has completed the signing of France midfielder Kenza Dali from Aston Villa.
Dali, 33, has joined the club on a two-year deal through to 2027 and will occupy an international slot on the Wave’s roster in 2025.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Russia now occupies some 20% of Ukraine’s territory.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Again, look at the gesturing from the Everton players, who occupied the centre of midfield excellently.
—Michael Cox, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
San Diego Wave has completed the signing of France midfielder Kenza Dali from Aston Villa.
Dali, 33, has joined the club on a two-year deal through to 2027 and will occupy an international slot on the Wave’s roster in 2025.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupy
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What interested me most—and by now this shouldn’t surprise you—was her experience with the patch.—
Nell Beram,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2025
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Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean Claudia Roden's Mediterranean: Treasured Recipes from a Lifetime of Travel $40 $21 Amazon A major influence on Ottolenghi himself, Claudia Roden is a name to know for anybody interested the vast landscape of Mediterranean cuisine.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
30 Jan. 2025
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Losing this momentum will be very detrimental to finding the TRUTH, which is turning out to be a disaster for those involved in running our Government.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The author’s involvement could prove a hurdle to having the principals from the films involved in the series.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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While the boots are still new to my collection, I’m really intrigued to see how the leather wears overtime.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
8 Feb. 2025
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Trump first got intrigued with Atlantic City in the late 1970s, after gambling became legal and casinos reported $134 million of citywide revenue in their first year.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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This intimate yacht-style cruise immersed in the vibrancy of Panama and Costa Rica with an emphasis on responsible tourism – a cornerstone of the five-year-old partnership between Le Ponant and Smithsonian Journeys, the travel program of the Smithsonian Institution.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Released by Ava Duvernay’s Array, the latter weaves together three stories of small-town characters immersed in the intimidating, alluring, and dangerous world of big-city Johannesburg and Soweto.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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The flight attendant sighed, took a step back without leaving the scene, busied himself with brushing invisible crumbs off his uniform.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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The evocation of the boy’s impure actions, as well as the undertow of sexuality in both his parish priest’s solicitude and his father’s violence, caught the attention of the censors, who typically busied themselves outlawing pulp erotica.—
Sam Sacks,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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And that also fascinates me, how one piece of clothing can have that many different styles and expressions to it—the wash, the color, the shape, the length, the waist, low slung, high waist, straight leg, wide leg.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2025
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The British journalist and playwright Andrew Halliday was fascinated by these cards, especially one popular card that featured a lady and gentleman walking arm-in-arm up a pathway toward a church.—
Christopher Ferguson,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2025
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The hope it that the new BRT line will reduce transit travel time along the corridor by up to 30 minutes and attract 33,000 daily riders by 2040.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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No physician wants to unduly attract the agency’s attention.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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In addition to her cheerleading National Championship ring, Hudson wore a pink diamond ring that sparked speculation that the pair might be engaged.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Like every big football club, creating engaging social media content is high on Birmingham’s list of priorities to try and draw more eyeballs to their journey but the reality is that League One remains on the fringe of the conversation.—
Gregg Evans,
The Athletic,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Occupy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupy. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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