tenantry

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  1. tenancy
  2. occupation
  3. occupancy
Noun
  • The results of these twentieth-century laws restricting or banning tenancy were both dramatic and mixed.
    Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
  • In response, virtually all Indian states moved to ban or heavily restrict tenancy in the decades after Independence.
    Tim Hanstad, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2016
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  • The recent findings will contribute to the understanding of human occupation in the Sierra Alta region of Hidalgo, specifically in the Barranca de Metztitlán area, where the first settlements are thought to date back at least 14,000 years.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • Following a third-quarter report listing gains in funds from operations, occupancy and rents, Simon touted a 6.4 percent year-over-year increase in portfolio traffic on Black Friday weekend, with a 7.1 percent gain at Simon’s malls.
    David Moin, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
  • With low occupancy rates, the property was put on the market two years later, kicking off a series of sales that would continue until California investor Juzi Cui (also known as Jizi Cui) bought the site for $2.5 million in 2017.
    Andrew King, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
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