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occupies

  • present tense form
    of occupy (3rd person singular).
    occupy
    verb (used with object)
    to take or fill up (space, time, etc.).

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But EU integration occupies a strikingly minor place in the students' election manifesto, which describes the bloc merely as Serbia's "most important economic partner".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The residence occupies approximately 3,495 square feet inside The Trust, a boutique property that houses just seven private residences.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Orbiting the star is a brown dwarf, an object that occupies the murky boundary between planets and stars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Those words capture a central tension in the sprawling show, which occupies interconnected galleries at the far end of the museum’s Resnick Pavilion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Alexandra occupies a treasured place in my heart.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela