- present participle of occupy.
occupying
Example Sentences
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By occupying this unusual position, the genus helps fill an important gap in the existing classification system.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
And so it will, for at least several more years, Austin Reaves now occupying a Laker leading sidekick role made famous during their championship years by the likes of Anthony Davis and Pau Gasol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The result is crisp-edged, deeply savory and worthy of occupying an entire corner of the table.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The tennis grass-court season zips by faster than a pro’s serve, occupying only a few weeks in June after the Roland Garros grand slam in Paris and culminating at Wimbledon’s Centre Court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
There it sat, occupying important intellectual ground, at just the time when entomology was emerging as an experimental science of considerable power, capable of solving matters of intricate detail, a paradigm of the new reductionism.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
