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occupation

[ok-yuh-pay-shuhn] / ˌɒk jəˈpeɪ ʃən /




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The New Yalu River Bridge is an alternative to the decades-old Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, which was built between 1937 and 1943 during Imperial Japan's occupation of the region.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The researchers also found a strong connection between wasp occupation and human-altered environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

That’s likely because Asco’s early performances, as the art historian and curator C. Ondine Chavoya points out in the film, emphasized procession, mobility, mobilization and occupation, marking sites of political violence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The territory has previously been the scene of tensions with the United States during World War II, when France was under German occupation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Dutch trains were dirty and overcrowded under the occupation; the trip that should have taken under an hour took nearly three.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

If working-class voters are those working low-wage jobs, then they are already majority women, who occupy two-thirds of the 40 lowest-paid occupations.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

A Home Office spokesperson said: "We have raised the skilled worker threshold and over 100 occupations are now ineligible for new skilled worker visas."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The researchers characterized the use of AI as “shallow”—in most occupations, workers are only using AI for a relatively small slice of the tasks they do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Education experts said one possible response to such a scenario is for state legislatures that set licensing requirements to decide some occupations — like barbers and stylists — actually need less training.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

He knew the number of German Americans living in the United States and had compiled numerous charts, statistics, and personal information, such as their occupations and if they were Bund members.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple


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