preoccupancy

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Noun
  • Seventeen studios that operate the majority of stages in L.A. posted average occupancy rates of 63 percent last year, down from 69 percent in 2023.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
  • At its highest, in Q2 of 2024, occupancy was at 67%.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With autonomous, always-active agents, the risk of privacy invasion becomes even greater.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • But since Hamas' October 7 attack and Israel's retaliatory invasion of Gaza, a new player in that conflict threatens not just digital infrastructure in Israel but also critical systems in the US and around the world.
    Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Obama administration refused to recognize Russia’s control of the territory, and in 2018, the first Trump administration reaffirmed that position, calling for Russia to end its occupation.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In the first week of its occupation, some 50 desperate women arrived at Ms. Banyere’s doorstep.
    Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Preoccupancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preoccupancy. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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