occupied
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This suggests animals may have occupied environments different from those represented in the Kheseen deposits, or that the chemical conditions responsible for fossilization there were not suitable for preserving animal remains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
In 1997 the world’s fastest computer occupied about 2,500 square feet, but today we have that computing power in our pockets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Hundreds of demonstrators have occupied a tent camp in central Madrid for more than a week, demanding housing reforms.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Taylor & Byrne is new, all glass and light; Cathcarts is dark wood and padded chairs; one assumes that earlier teams have occupied the space going back a century or more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
While waiting for Gower Glackens’s rescue crew, Abel kept busy, providing for himself, working at his art, doing whatever he could to be steadily occupied.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
