occupations

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profession, business n.
control, possession n.
seizure, takeover n.

NOUN

profession, business

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity affair

STRONG

calling craft do dodge employment game grindstone hang job lick line moonlight play post pursuit racket slot thing trade vocation work

WEAK

chosen work daily grind day gig line of work métier nine-to-five rat race walk of life what one is into

Antonyms

STRONG

avocation entertainment fun pastime recreation unemployment

WEAK

giving up hobby surrender yielding

NOUN

control, possession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ownership settlement

STRONG

habitation holding inhabitancy inhabitation occupancy residence tenancy tenure title use

Antonyms

WEAK

entertainment fun giving up hobby pastime surrender yielding

NOUN

seizure, takeover

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attack conquest invasion

STRONG

capture entering subjugation

WEAK

foreign rule

Antonyms

STRONGEST

retreat surrender

WEAK

entertainment fun giving up hobby pastime yielding

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occupations

A Home Office spokesperson said: "We have raised the skilled worker threshold and over 100 occupations are now ineligible for new skilled worker visas."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Within the U.S., they found that AI is being used across a large number of occupations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Education experts said one possible response to such a scenario is for state legislatures that set licensing requirements to decide some occupations — like barbers and stylists — actually need less training.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The key result: Workers in more exposed occupations saw larger relative increases in exits from work than those less exposed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

I could join with Diana and Mary in all their occupations; converse with them as much as they wished, and aid them when and where they would allow me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë