occupy
verb (used with object)
to take or fill up (space, time, etc.).
have been occupying
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present perfect progressiveof occupy.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Although buyers won't know which royal or famous guest might have been occupying their particular chair.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2023
Hailu You, a palaeontologist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and one of the co-authors of the paper, says that in the Jurassic, bird-like dinosaurs might have been occupying different ecological niches.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023
Trans and nonbinary folx have been occupying othered roles for too long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
In the capital, Colombo, protesters have been occupying the entrance to the president’s office for more than two months to demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
Besides all these passages which have been occupying us, there is another use of this same phrase in this letter which presents a very solemn and grim contrast.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
