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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

“They have an area they have been occupying off and on, and they’re welcome to continue that,” Tonto National Forest spokeswoman Carrie Templin said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2019

Maldonado had reportedly travelled last week to support the Mapuche Pu Lof community, who have been occupying part of the disputed land since 2015.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2017

Then he lifted one forefinger and pointed, with all the majesty such a gesture could ever convey, to the empty chair––the chair which Old Jerry should have been occupying in becoming silence at that moment.

From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto