unoccupied

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The current language would apply an $8,000 tax to vacant residences, which are defined as a residence unoccupied for more than 182 days a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

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

Three vehicles, a white Ford Fiesta, a blue BMW and a stationary, unoccupied Renault Clio, were involved in the collision on Keighley Road at the junction of Cobblestones Drive at about 18:50 GMT.

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

Furnished with couches left behind by previous generations of Culver Creek students, the TV room had the musty air of dust and mildew—and, perhaps for that reason, was almost perennially unoccupied.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green