tenancy

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Recent Examples of tenancy The interim ordinance, which lasts until Aug. 1, was designed as a stopgap while the city explores permanent legislation for renters to keep their tenancies when landlords implement substantial remodels. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025 Trending Video Inside Paloma Elsesser’s Timeless Brooklyn Home Posey’s tenancy wasn’t the building’s only brush with fame. Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025 While the private rental sector has absorbed some demand, soaring rental prices—exacerbated by limited housing supply—have made private tenancies increasingly unaffordable for low-income households. Frank Cartwright, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Landlords would have to extend a conditional offer of tenancy before asking about criminal records. Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tenancy
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Noun
  • Once the Cubs began their occupancy in 1916, change became typical through the ballpark’s early decades.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The county will issue the incentives at the time of certification of occupancy in exchange for a deed restriction that requires occupancy by a local worker, Cussen said.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These aren't colonial outposts but partnerships built on mutual interests, allowing the U.S. to project power, deter adversaries, and shape global security without the need for war or occupation.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • More than 50,000 people, including thousands of children, have been killed in Israel’s offensive in Gaza, according to the local Health Ministry in the enclave, which has been run by Hamas since 2007 after Israel ended its 38-year occupation.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As of last May, filings with the state of Texas indicated that 78% of CFP Administration LLC’s ownership was held in equal 15.6% shares by the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • It was framed as a copyright infringement lawsuit, rather than a battle over ownership due to a three-year statute of limitations that was maxed out multiple times over because Country Grammar was released 24 years ago.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Though well-regarded for his high-octane stadium romps usually focused on his indefatigable performance style, Chesney has stated that the technological possibilities at the venue intrigued him – and also prompted him to sign on for a residency without having seen a live Sphere show.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • For example, without nationwide injunctions in the citizenship cases, babies born to mothers without legal permanent residency would be American citizens in some states but not others – an impossible situation.
    Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Tenancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenancy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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