occupation
Example Sentences
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Father didn’t like the attention: “It has caused a great deal of trouble and anxiety … it is impossible for us to attend to our daily occupations.”
From Literature
The term intifada came into popular use during the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1987.
From BBC
No one worked more vigorously or more publicly to restore the independence of Lithuania and the other two Baltic states after 50 years of foreign occupation.
Data science is an emerging occupation, and the growth since 2018 has been impressive.
From Barron's
They received state awards for their work, a far cry from one of their main winter occupations before the war: rescuing fishermen who had fallen through ice on the river.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
