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occupy

[ok-yuh-pahy] / ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ /




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For decades, Perry has occupied a singular position in Hollywood.

From Salon

Mingling Cubism, Dada, abstraction, Constructivism and Surrealism, he occupied his own avant-garde stronghold.

From The Wall Street Journal

Each species on Earth can trace its roots back to the same cluster of ancestral organisms and occupies a distinct position on a single, complex, prolifically branching, unfathomably extensive and largely invisible tree of life.

From The Wall Street Journal

The crown jewels of the arcade industry, they occupy the building's first two floors, relegating video games to the basement and upper levels.

From Barron's

Under the 2nd Protocol to the Hague Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict, occupying authorities "shall prohibit and prevent" any archaeological excavations with only a few, narrow exceptions.

From BBC