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
Results are evident by the village’s sound occupancy rate, Upham said, with many of the downtown’s key vacancies filled or engaged to be filled.
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Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
This benchmark number is a combination of occupancy with average daily rate.
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Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
According to C'Ganti, occupancy and collections improved significantly during AG Living’s first eight months and contributed meaningfully to portfolio value, and the team had renovated thousands of interior units and multiple leasing offices over the prior year.
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Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The system uses them not only to measure temperatures at various locations but also to detect movement and adjust its settings based on occupancy.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for occupancy
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
This benchmark number is a combination of occupancy with average daily rate.
—
Miami Herald,
29 June 2026
According to C'Ganti, occupancy and collections improved significantly during AG Living’s first eight months and contributed meaningfully to portfolio value, and the team had renovated thousands of interior units and multiple leasing offices over the prior year.
—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The system uses them not only to measure temperatures at various locations but also to detect movement and adjust its settings based on occupancy.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for occupancy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupancy
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During the two decades of American occupation, Afghanistan experienced a sort of peace, one in which women could be educated, work as professionals, and even serve in the military.
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The study, covering 100 in-demand occupations, reveals that job satisfaction stems not from low stress, but a combination of strong compensation, meaningful work and supportive workplace cultures.
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He is credited as the first and most significant contributor to South Florida archaeology of the time, classifying materials, recording 49 sites across Miami-Dade and making the first outline of a chronology of indigenous habitation.
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Combined with Cape Ann’s northeasterly location along the East Coast jutting out into the Atlantic, the lighthouse would have been one of the first signs of human habitation people making the trip from Western Europe to America would have seen.
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July 1 is the start date for medical residency and fellowship programs in the United States, and one resident in Marietta is having a full-circle moment.
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Late 19th and Early 20th Century Most Western states capitalized on the barriers imposed on divorce and lessened their residency requirements to shorten the length of time one had to reside in the state to be able to file for divorce.
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“Occupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupancy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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