as in occupancy
the act or fact of residing in a place
as much as I've enjoyed my residency in this state, it may be time to move on
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Recent Examples of residency
He was later told that his permanent residency had also been revoked.
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
His residency at Madison Square Garden, which began in 2014, is one of the longest-running and most successful concert series in history.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Many of them involved standard Russian conditions for residency.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
Khalil’s legal team emphasizes his lawful permanent residency and the lack of formal criminal charges against him.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
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Adrian Florido, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
His residency at Madison Square Garden, which began in 2014, is one of the longest-running and most successful concert series in history.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Many of them involved standard Russian conditions for residency.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025
Khalil’s legal team emphasizes his lawful permanent residency and the lack of formal criminal charges against him.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residency
Noun
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Noninterest expense rose by 5.4% to $87.3 million, driven by increases in compensation and benefits, data processing, and occupancy expenses.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
12 Mar. 2025
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As its name makes clear, the Roof Space 4 doubles the occupancy of the original Roof Space 2 to sleep a total of four people.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The 13th century sculpted item is currently on view in the Louvre’s Denon wing, where a label says it was acquired during the German occupation of France, with the intention of displaying it in a Düsseldorf museum.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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That’s too bad for several reasons, including Lee’s meticulous reconstruction of Hong Kong and Shanghai under Japanese occupation, paranoid, perilous places in which anyone could be working with the occupying forces or conspiring against them.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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In Africa, the earliest evidence of human rainforest habitation dated to 18,000 years ago.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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Ice may lie an inch or so below the Moon’s surface in many more regions than previously thought — which has major implications for longer-term lunar exploration or even habitation.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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