unoccupied
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But the mayor said the schools, which had served as federal military bases during the civil war, were unoccupied as the academic year had not yet begun.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In very pure metals, these Landau levels can repeatedly pass through the Fermi level, the energy boundary between occupied and unoccupied electronic states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
In other states, such as Colorado, the recipient needs to live in the home or have plans to return to it, if it’s unoccupied, if they want the property to remain exempt.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Videos posted to social media and verified by AFP on Monday showed the catastrophic collapse of a shopping centre in General Santos, and an unoccupied school building crumpling.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
I knew full well that the next few weeks were going to be an agony of waiting and that leaving myself unoccupied would make things much, much worse.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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