residency

noun

ˈre-zə-dən(t)-sē How to pronounce residency (audio)
Definition of residencynext
as in occupancy
the act or fact of residing in a place as much as I've enjoyed my residency in this state, it may be time to move on

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Recent Examples of residency Ahead of the award ceremony, the finalists-cum-winners joined the ITS team in Trieste for the residency, which offered them a chance to attend experimental workshops, explore local craft techniques and meet industry experts and internationally renowned creatives. — Martino Carrera, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025 This special reading is part of the theater’s On-the-Radar New Works Program, which features a new script reading series, a playwright’s residency and a commissioning program, all of which are in support of creating diverse new stories from rising U.S. playwrights. — Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Mar. 2025 On Sunday, Brown University sent a campus-wide email advising faculty, students and other community members on visas or permanent residency status to postpone personal international travel for spring break, which runs from March 22 to 30. — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 Portugal offers other types of residency visas, including a golden visa program and a digital nomad visa. — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for residency
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  1. occupancy
  2. occupation
  3. habitation
Noun
  • House Bill 1004 would ban the use of algorithmic devices that are used to set or recommend rental prices or occupancy levels in rental housing.
    — The Denver Post, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
  • According to a spokesperson for Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, uptown occupancy rates for on the festival’s opening day was 89.9%, 82.7% on its second and 76.3% on the the final day.
    — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of occupancy
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  • The 13th century sculpted item is currently on view in the Louvre’s Denon wing, where a label says it was acquired during the German occupation of France, with the intention of displaying it in a Düsseldorf museum.
    — The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That’s too bad for several reasons, including Lee’s meticulous reconstruction of Hong Kong and Shanghai under Japanese occupation, paranoid, perilous places in which anyone could be working with the occupying forces or conspiring against them.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of occupation
Noun
  • In Africa, the earliest evidence of human rainforest habitation dated to 18,000 years ago.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Ice may lie an inch or so below the Moon’s surface in many more regions than previously thought — which has major implications for longer-term lunar exploration or even habitation.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of habitation

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