unoccupied

Example Sentences

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With every incoming missile, officials must decide whether to let it fall in unoccupied areas or shoot it down, and if so with what system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Of the area's 55,000 homes, nearly 6,000 were either second homes or long-term empty homes, which were defined as unoccupied and largely unfurnished.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

And the seat he had been assigned for his Houston flight, 34D, was unoccupied on the Tokyo flight.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

The United States has already sent a mission to assess the embassy in Caracas, which has been largely unoccupied for the past six years.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

I hadn’t taken off my jacket and I was definitely feeling edgy in the basement with the unoccupied easy chair.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx