occupy
Example Sentences
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Gonzalez Ittig believes the virus was always capable of such transmission, suggesting that humans may have begun to occupy a space where rodents already carried the disease.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Because unless you occupy a very specific income bracket — one I certainly don’t belong to — you’ve probably noticed things feeling tighter lately.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
But that will not be enough this time around given that West Ham have already reached that tally and currently occupy the third and final relegation place.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Yet this picture clashes with what we observe in daily life, where objects occupy one definite place or state at a time.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
On the contrary, she believes they have it within their power to build a bigger, better and more beautiful world, but that they occupy themselves with superficial things, without giving a thought to true beauty.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Vocabulary lists containing occupy
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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