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 However, part-time telework is available with California residency. Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025 Last April, Phish held a four-night residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas set for 2024. Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025 The group would have joined a list of other high-profile artists with residencies in Vegas this year, including Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Shania Twain. CNN has reached out to representatives for the Black Eyed Peas for further comment. Lisa Respers France, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025 Underwood recently revealed the trailer for her upcoming concert special Carrie Underwood: Reflection, which highlights her three-year Las Vegas residency Reflection. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for residency 
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  • The outlet, which published an owner occupancy affidavit dated March 13, 2024, reported that the document indicated Williams Brewer would occupy the Maryland residence for at least seven of the next 12 months.
    Alex Nitzberg, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • New shopping centers in Beijing opened in 2024 with average occupancy rates of 72% — previously such malls would not be opened if the rate was below 75% or much closer to 100%, JLL said.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • However, as Margulis tells Haaretz’s Ruth Schuster, the site’s first human occupation may have occurred some 6,000 years ago, during the Chalcolithic era, or the Copper Age.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In the near-cashless realms of Sweden and Norway, some are calling for rethink about electronic payments because of resurgent fears about Russian invasion either through physical occupation of territory or via a cyber assault and suggesting that citizens need to keep cash at home.
    David G.W. Birch, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • The building was deemed unsafe for habitation by the Charlotte Fire Department, said Jerry Green, the city’s enforcement division manager.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The study team found at least 98 visible habitations, which shared a similar shape and size to those in Tugunbulak.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024

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“Residency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/residency. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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