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
One amendment suggested by Councilmember John Lee would delay the jump to a $25 hourly minimum wage until six months after occupancy rates at hotels and LAX passenger traffic had returned to pre-pandemic levels.
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Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Air travel, hotel occupancy, and international tourism have returned to near pre-pandemic levels, and could hit a new record this Thanksgiving, as about nearly 80 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles away from home during the holiday.
—Kara Dennison, Sphr, Cprw, Ec, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
In terms of highest occupancy rate, Wilderness State Park in Carp Lake was home to the top eight campsites, according to Michigan Department of Natural Resources data, which included sites with availability of 100 nights or more in fiscal year 2024.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
The increase is attributed to a rise in room occupancy and higher food and beverage revenues.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
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Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Air travel, hotel occupancy, and international tourism have returned to near pre-pandemic levels, and could hit a new record this Thanksgiving, as about nearly 80 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles away from home during the holiday.
—Kara Dennison, Sphr, Cprw, Ec, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
In terms of highest occupancy rate, Wilderness State Park in Carp Lake was home to the top eight campsites, according to Michigan Department of Natural Resources data, which included sites with availability of 100 nights or more in fiscal year 2024.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
The increase is attributed to a rise in room occupancy and higher food and beverage revenues.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupancy
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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
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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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Eggleston is being held at the Travis County Jail on charges of murder, burglary of habitation, theft of a firearm and tampering with physical evidence with intent to conceal.Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 1 May 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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The team struggled to a 22-31 record during his residency, although their subpar performance would turn out to be the least of his problems.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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This now marks the rapper’s second residency at a prestigious university, having been an Artist in Residence at New York University’s Tisch School back in October.Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Occupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupancy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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