unoccupied

Example Sentences

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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

"Because it's unusual for a city to have as many Victorian, pre-war buildings sitting there unoccupied," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 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

The United States has already sent a mission to assess the embassy in Caracas, which has been largely unoccupied for the past six years.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

She ushered us into an unoccupied all-white room with a set of cabinets and a big scale on top of a table.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas