How to Use occupancy in a Sentence

occupancy

noun

• Those two events on the same weekend puts the local hotel occupancy rate to 94%, the firm said.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• The shift follows last month’s full opening of 22.5 miles of high-occupancy toll lanes from the Beltway to Gainesville.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2022
• The city and Rafiq have been squaring off over the single-room occupancy hotel for more than a decade.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
• Maui charges some of the highest hotel and resort rates and occupancies in Hawaii.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
• As has been the case in every new hospital built in San Diego over the past decade, Rady plans to make rooms single occupancy.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• Alone in a single-room-occupancy apartment, a man builds a stage from milk crates and cardboard.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2022
• Plus, thanks to the higher occupancy, this would make for the perfect getaway for a group of friends or family.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
• But even if money is no object, low supply and high occupancy rates mean rentals are hard to find in the Cincinnati area.
  — The Enquirer, 16 July 2023
• Cruise ships can sail at over 100% occupancy when more than two people stay in staterooms.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• That would place Mission Viejo as the fourth-highest transient occupancy tax in the county.
  — Annika Bahnsen, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024
• Last week’s data showed that Friday was the lowest day of occupancy and Tuesday was the highest.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
• In June, Chicago reported record-breaking hotel occupancy over the weekend the Eras Tour came to the city.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Wood said there are a few vacancies there, but the property is close to full occupancy.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
• For him, the costs of financing and construction wipe out the upside of high occupancy rates and rising rents.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• Office occupancy rates will foretell whether the work-from-home movement sticks or not.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• In March, as the occupancy rate stood at about 79 percent, Donald pledged to raise it 10 percentage points by the end of September.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
• Not all cruise lines are discounting fares to pump up occupancy.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
• Now, though, hotel occupancy is expected at more than 90% for the weeks of the tournament.
  — Rory Jones, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• Last month, a case in Texas made headlines after a pregnant woman was pulled over for driving alone in a high-occupancy lane.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2022
• While the resort won’t open until 2025, many of the private residences are now complete and ready for occupancy.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
• There are only 43 rooms, meaning even at full occupancy, there are under 90 guests at all times.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 June 2024
• Be sure to stay up to date on the rent and occupancy levels and get second opinions on the stability of interest rates.
  — Lee Kiser, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• The rental towers have been in a negative cash-flow situation since last year, the report says, with an occupancy rate of 89% as of March.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
• The occupancy rate -- down to 41 percent at the end of last year -- will get a boost, including a short-term lease with Dobama Theatre in the former Ensemble space.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
• This southern city has surpassed the capital, Taipei, to boast the highest overall hotel occupancy rate in Taiwan in the past two years.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
• Rooms are maximum double occupancy and Cottage stays are a max of six adults.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
• Those dollars come from a 1% sales tax on prepared food and beverages and a 3% hotel occupancy tax.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
• This has resulted in lower occupancy rates in certain markets putting the squeeze on some hosts.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 2 Nov. 2022
• Keep records of legal occupancy — such as a lease or utility bills — in case the tenant gets accused of being a squatter.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2022
• In Birmingham, the Gaston Motel closed in the early 1980s due to declining occupancy.
  — Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024