TENANCY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

tenancy

noun

Definition of tenancy

as in occupancy

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Recent Examples of tenancy Twenty-six percent of women who were pregnant or postpartum when they were illegally evicted lacked a lease, and 21% of all interview participants who were illegally evicted had a month-to-month tenancy. — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 Pick a region, approve a sub-processor, spin up a tenancy because the security team is on holiday. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Those individual leases were subordinate to BDC’s ground lease, meaning Reitman’s group was responsible not just for reopening the theater but for maintaining and overseeing its existing tenancy structure. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 Because miners’ tenancy depended on their employment, losing a job often meant losing a home as well. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tenancy

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Noun

Use a long, slender trowel to dig a single-occupancy hole, or dig a wide hole to plant a group of bulbs.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Just that morning, a City of Durham Fire Department inspector had visited the brewery and provided Ponysaurus with a fresh business occupancy inspection.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupancy

Noun

Justifying the use of force on their campuses, schools primarily deferred to just this idea of protocol, citing arcane policy mandates to disband encampments and occupations so that academic production could resume its flow.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
First, there’s the occupation and the violence itself that somehow becomes ‘normal’ or is viewed as normal.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of occupation

Noun

Manus could ultimately aim for a public listing but the more imminent task would be revamping its business and ownership structure to prove profitability and align with Beijing's regulatory requirement, analysts say.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
An elevated ownership experience and a starting price of about double the brand’s previous $60,000 entry point was the idea, Jaguar boss Rawdon Glover told me in 2024.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of ownership

Noun

Seoulting applicants must provide proof of Seoul residency, marital status and economic activity.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
In a post on X ahead of the government’s new residency rules, Takaichi said many permanent residents could not maintain independent livelihoods.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

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