preoccupancy

noun

Definition of preoccupancynext
as in occupancy

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  1. occupancy
  2. invasion
  3. occupation
Noun
  • In the first year, the train car had 90% occupancy and $14,179 in revenue.
    Celia Fernandez,Mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • County Executive Bob Cassilly vetoed legislation that aimed to allocate 25% of the county’s hotel occupancy tax to the local tourism non-profit, Visit Harford.
    Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupancy
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  • Poland has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine since Russia's invasion in February 2022, and its upcoming European Union presidency coincides with significant shifts globally.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • After Israel’s 1982 invasion of the country, Iran offered Lebanese Shiite groups such as Hezbollah military and technical aid, developing a model for terrorizing its adversaries through suicide bombings, assassinations, and hostage taking.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of invasion
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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
Definition of occupation
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