as in to interest
to hold the attention of
a puzzle will occupy that child for hours
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Recent Examples of occupy
Only 58% of the Majestic’s seats were occupied, with the average ticket price falling to $39.97 from the previous week’s $117.81.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 July 2025
Well, not those royals… While Prince William and Kate Middleton are occupied with the French state visit, Sienna Miller and her partner, Oli Green, enjoyed Wimbledon from the Royal Box.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Three of the four buildings were occupied at the time of the fires, but none of the incidents resulted in any fatalities, the department said.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
These words, which fill a popular meme set against the profile of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., occupy our thoughts.
—Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 July 2025
Well, not those royals… While Prince William and Kate Middleton are occupied with the French state visit, Sienna Miller and her partner, Oli Green, enjoyed Wimbledon from the Royal Box.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Three of the four buildings were occupied at the time of the fires, but none of the incidents resulted in any fatalities, the department said.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
These words, which fill a popular meme set against the profile of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., occupy our thoughts.
—Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occupy
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Use LinkedIn’s alumni search to find people in industries or roles that interest you.—
Jill Tipograph,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Sign up here and bet $5 on Mariners-Yankees, Mets-Orioles or any other matchup that interests you, and get $150 in bonus bets credited to your account if your initial wager wins.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Other options also involve equal installments over longer horizons such as six months and twelve months.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Thursday’s incident involved not a group of soldiers, but a single man crossing from North Korea into the South.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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There are dozens of other items that may intrigue, plus old photos that enhance the presentation.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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But what intrigues me about Johnstone are the jokes that barely involve M3GAN at all.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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The upper deck, styled in the same vein as a fluid, open-air veranda, features full-height windows that open on three sides, immersing the ship in its surrounding marine landscape.—
India Brown,
Robb Report,
3 July 2025
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Make sure the shower head holes are fully immersed in the liquid.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 July 2025
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Continuing to busy himself with creating collections and costume design, Poiret continues to look to the East, but also mines history for inspiration.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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Since its inception, astronomers had busied themselves tracking the apparent movements of the stars, moon and planets relative to an imaginary line running north to south through the observatory, known as a 'meridian'.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
22 June 2025
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Long fascinated by the moa, Jackson and Walsh have been collecting bones of the extinct bird for years.—
Degen Pener,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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Michael Karin has long been fascinated by what happens when inflammation — ideally a short-term burst of biological activity to promote healing or fight infection — turns chronic and potentially deadly.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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And price remains one of the biggest challenges to attracting new consumers.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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All American institutions would benefit from federal policies that attract support broad enough to outlast a single presidential term.—
Ronald Brownstein,
Twin Cities,
10 July 2025
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Social media plays a big part in this by creating a constant stream of throwback content that keeps driving us to engage.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
14 July 2025
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Rather than deposing drivers about their training and experience, attorneys will need to engage experts in software engineering, data science and artificial intelligence.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Occupy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occupy. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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