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occupy

[ok-yuh-pahy] / ˈɒk jəˌpaɪ /




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“They occupy several worlds at once,” senior media analyst at entertainment research company Exhibitor Relations Jeff Bock said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The gondola would occupy only a small slice of the 32-acre space, but it would be a visible distraction from every inch of the park.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

In general, guardians have fewer rights than private renters, external because they hold a "licence to occupy" rather than a tenancy.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Outside some children play football or badminton as they seek ways to occupy themselves.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

To our ears, it sounds so obvious because we occupy the future location that Washington envisioned.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The 59-year-old zoo, which occupies 133 acres in the northeast corner of Griffith Park, has also struggled to maintain its national accreditation, with federal regulators finding peeling paint and rust in some exhibits.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Ceuta has been in Spanish hands since 1580 and occupies a peninsula sticking out into the Mediterranean from the coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Its size and position indicate that it occupies the same underground system that supplied magma to the ancient eruption.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Lebanon is working towards a "complete Israeli withdrawal" from areas it occupies, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on a visit to a village where Lebanon's army recently deployed.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

A large table occupies that space, covered with tools and scraps of metal and gears and old computer parts and wires.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The first occupied a roped-off parking lot beside an elementary school.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

More than a quarter of homes in the United States with three or more bedrooms are occupied exclusively by people aged 65 or older, up from 19% two decades ago, the Economist recently reported.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

The analyst points out that the payments industry has high barriers to entry, and add that excluding the territory occupied by the country’s major banks, Cuscal has more than half the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

ITV Studios has applied to Leeds City Council to remain at the farm site in Harewood which the show has occupied since 1997.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Some of them are occupied, while other prisoners gather around a fire giving more smoke than warmth.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Eventually, he said, robots will become consumer products, occupying a place somewhere between smartphones and automobiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Its presence beside Hesperosuchus gives researchers a rare view of two related predators occupying different ecological roles within the same ancient environment.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 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

Before that day, I had never seen people being together and yet not together, occupying the same space yet choosing not to associate with each other in any way.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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