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
Millions of temporary work permits for students and temporary laborers are set to expire in the coming years, and paths to permanent residency have suddenly narrowed.
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Trade speculation swirled around Trouba this summer, and the defenseman invoked his no-trade clause to stay in New York, where his wife, Kelly, is finishing her hospital residency.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 7 Dec. 2024
Drury tried to trade Trouba in the offseason, but Trouba’s wife, Kelly, had a year left on her medical residency and did not want to leave New York at the time.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Dead & Company is resurrecting its Las Vegas Sphere residency for 2025.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Trade speculation swirled around Trouba this summer, and the defenseman invoked his no-trade clause to stay in New York, where his wife, Kelly, is finishing her hospital residency.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 7 Dec. 2024
Drury tried to trade Trouba in the offseason, but Trouba’s wife, Kelly, had a year left on her medical residency and did not want to leave New York at the time.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Dead & Company is resurrecting its Las Vegas Sphere residency for 2025.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for residency
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In the first year, the train car had 90% occupancy and $14,179 in revenue.Celia Fernandez,Mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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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
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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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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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