residencies

noun

plural of residency
as in occupations
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 residencies In 2024, the Motherwell estate gave $200,000 to the organization to support its months-long fellowship program, as well as its shorter summer workshops and residencies. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 For Boos, that included global tours, eight-figure catalog sales and multiple Las Vegas residencies. — Claudia Rosenbaum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Plans for next year are up in the air, meanwhile, after having put the Best of All World concept to bed after two years of successful touring as well as the Las Vegas residencies. — Gary Graff, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 Located in a Victorian schoolhouse in the Clerkenwell neighborhood of London, Hadid’s offices will now host spaces for exhibitions, lectures, workshops, education, and residencies. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Oct. 2026 What started as a pop-up, also called The Easy Vegan, grew a following through the couple’s residencies at the South Pearl and City Park farmers markets. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026 John Mayer knows his way around Las Vegas’ Sphere, having spearheaded the residencies that Dead & Company did at that venue in 2024 and 2025. — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Less than one-third of the almost 100 obstetrics and gynecology residency program directors recently surveyed said they were taught how to treat menopause symptoms during their residencies. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 For just as long, critics have ripped into his eccentric on-stage persona; still, Thompson has enjoyed one of the longest-running residencies in Las Vegas, playing shows at the Luxor Hotel & Casino. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
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  1. occupations
  2. occupancies
  3. habitations
Noun
  • Across 25 occupations that past technology upended, employment fell an extra 4% over five years for every point the national unemployment rate climbed.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Which occupations lose their very purpose when the human element is removed?
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of occupations
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Wild elephants often stray into human habitations this time of year, when rice fields are ready for harvesting.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Such defensive settlements became the norm in areas vulnerable to slave-raiding, with individual houses and collective habitations undergoing significant transformations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Definition of habitations

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