occupy

Quantum mechanics has long challenged the familiar idea that an object must occupy one precise place at a given moment.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

“What I believe in is something called Jesus Christ, and he said to occupy, wherever you’re standing, you occupy until he returns,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In response, Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard, who now occupy facilities as a volunteer-only, long-term force.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Lozano will occupy a designated player spot, becoming the new offensive leader of the team coached by Greg Vanney for the final stretch of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

She had more than enough to occupy her thoughts at the moment.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Although the central microchip is only about the size of a grain of rice, the entire system currently occupies a tabletop laboratory setup.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Stars and Stripes,” however, occupies a unique place in American journalism.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

The Mac Mini assembly line occupies a new 170,000-square-foot space at the Foxconn facility, which already makes AI servers for Apple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Varda Space Industries, a microgravity-enabled life sciences company that processes materials in orbit and returns them to Earth, also occupies offices there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Situated 11,300 feet above sea level, Namche occupies a huge, tilting bowl proportioned like a giant satellite television dish, midway up a precipitous mountainside.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

“An Eye for an Eye” isn’t a police procedural, and a generous portion of the narrative is occupied by Ms. Jabarzadegan, an “anti-execution” activist who seems to find this case especially intractable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The pot's depth and position suggest that it was probably made during the roughly century-long period when the mission was occupied.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

And there was even a comparison about the "eerie resemblance" between Stasi HQ in East Germany and the office he occupied when he was the leader of South Lanarkshire Council.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Experts have cited a flurry of obstacles, including voting for soldiers, for millions of Ukrainian refugees and people from occupied territories, as well as disinformation threats from Russia.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The dog was small, curly-haired, and it occupied her lap rather than sat in it.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

For crinoids, tube feet play an important role in feeding, responding to water currents and occupying different ecological niches.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Most of that growth was attributed to 614 more people occupying shelter beds than the year before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

For the first time since 1985-86, England's top flight will begin without Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp or Guardiola occupying a dugout.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

An estimated 5,000 plant species grow across Taiwan, occupying environments that extend from humid tropical rainforests near sea level to cold alpine tundra at the highest elevations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Maize was a high-status food there even though Andean cultures had developed their own agricultural system, with potatoes occupying the central role.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann