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preoccupancies

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plural of preoccupancy

as in piracies

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Some types of universities are seeing much higher occupancies and lagging construction, while others are overbuilt with falling demand.

— Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
But today a quick accounting shows the Plaza’s occupancies are slightly better than holding steady, with 28% of its 151 storefronts unoccupied.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of occupancies

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In the nineteen-thirties—a decade of political assassinations, failed military coups, brutal invasions of China, and a hard-right reaction against the relative liberalism of the nineteen-twenties—the yakuza embraced the Zeitgeist with gusto.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The limits of burying the bad news Each of these interventions, whether reckless, self-destructive trade barriers, massive military invasions, or offensive divisive speeches, soaks up attention.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

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In April, the Actors Committee of the China Federation of Radio and Television Associations released a statement condemning such infringements and asserted that AI platforms needed to comply with the laws and strengthen their compliance rules.

— Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
To complete the drama, England finished with 13, Argentina with 15 when Henry Pollock was sent to the sin-bin over team infringements and Emmanuel Iyogun, on debut, for cynical offending.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of infringements

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Roughly 40% of workers in healthcare support, food service, farming, fishing, forestry, construction and repair occupations hold NDCs.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The differences became more pronounced when participants named other occupations and activities.

— Gustavo E. Fischman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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