unoccupied

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The current language would apply an $8,000 tax to vacant residences, which are defined as a residence unoccupied for more than 182 days a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

With every incoming missile, officials must decide whether to let it fall in unoccupied areas or shoot it down, and if so with what system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The United States has already sent a mission to assess the embassy in Caracas, which has been largely unoccupied for the past six years.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Many of the homes left structurally standing have been unoccupied.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Furnished with couches left behind by previous generations of Culver Creek students, the TV room had the musty air of dust and mildew—and, perhaps for that reason, was almost perennially unoccupied.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green