Occupation means: An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is... Related words include activity or getting. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Occupation in practice.
Occupation in a sentence
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Occupation meaning
- An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
- The act, process or state of possessing a place.
- The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.
Example sentences (20)
Because, more than anyone else, we want an end to the occupation and the reunification of our homeland," he added.
Among Palestinian civilians, 53% favour an armed struggle to establish an independent state and fight the occupation.
After all, it was war and terror against Israel that led to the occupation of the territories in 1967 in the first place.
Agriculture is a major source of income for many residents of Zamfara State, with farming being a predominant occupation.
Any occupation would allow China to project its military might beyond the first island chain and deeper into the Pacific.
A plumber by occupation, he took to procuring ganja and charas and selling it to customers in Mailardevpally.
Barry never thought he could fall in love, and his desire to become a better person directly clashed with his occupation.
He told MailOnline: 'Palestinians have the right to resist occupation within the limits of international law.
He told ITV News that the 'occupation of Palestine' was 'fundamentally the background to the whole issue'.
In other words, instead of ending its occupation, Israel has provided economic Band-Aids for a deep-seated political problem.
In a male dominated occupation, Nigeria's female bouncers show their strength by fighting stereotypes.
According to well-informed sources, the Zionist occupation forces blocked Qalandiya checkpoint after it came under an IED attack.
In 2017, then-presidential candidate Macron dubbed the French occupation a “crime against humanity”.
Five years later the Syrian army withdrew from Lebanon, ending almost three decades of occupation.
America’s 20-year military occupation devastated Afghanistan’s environment in ways that may never be fully investigated or addressed.
By November, the head of US Central Command there is no "end date" on the US occupation of Syria.
Clearly, state forces that continue to support Israel’s occupation and assaults on Gaza (and who fund and arm it) are getting worried.
Convery, like Schoppe, is a former art teacher, a lifelong occupation that led her to gain proficiency in a number of different media.
His view of the occupation is long: This is his second book on a subject for more than a decade.
If there is no human conscience to shield us, all metal shields will not protect us from the brutality and terrorism of the occupation.
Common combinations with occupation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the occupation 49×
- occupation of 37×
- israeli occupation 28×
- occupation and 20×
- occupation forces 20×
- occupation is 8×
- of occupation 8×
- military occupation 6×
- russian occupation 6×
- occupation in 6×
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