disfurnishment

noun

Definition of disfurnishmentnext
as in invasion

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  1. invasion
  2. occupancy
  3. infringement
  4. occupation
Noun
  • The researchers had been galvanized by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The city is known worldwide as the site of a Russian massacre early in the 2022 invasion.
    Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of invasion
Noun
  • The tour’s launch in Stockholm turned the Swedish capital into a hive of activity, with hotel occupancy spiking 94.6% during her stay.
    Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Limited availability of good real estate has helped Simon to keep rents and occupancy levels high.
    David Moin, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupancy
Noun
  • Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The platform and ByteDance must convince the court to overturn a lower court's decision that the national security risks of TikTok outweigh the law's infringement of free speech rights.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of infringement
Noun
  • In contrast, the number of cleaners and janitors remained stable, indicating that frontline service occupations were not significantly affected.
    London School of Economics, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But Poilievre’s endorsement of the occupation of Ottawa by a convoy of truckers during the pandemic—unpopular in the country, but popular in his party—was seen as pandering of a kind and had a note of Foxy demagoguery about it that was largely new to Canada.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of occupation
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