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  • 11Occupy movement in the United States — See also: List of Occupy movement protest locations in the United States and List of Occupy movement protest locations The General Assembly meeting in Washington Square Park, New York City on October 8, 2011 The Occupy movement began in the …

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  • 12Occupy UC Davis — UC Davis Police officer Lieutenant John Pike uses pepper spray on Occupy demonstrators Occupy UC Davis is an ongoing series of Occupy Movement demonstrations at the University of California, Davis. It is distinguished from the off campus but… …

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  • 13Office — For other uses, see Office (disambiguation). Office work …

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  • 14Office of Financial Stability — The Office of Financial Stability is a new office within the Office of Domestic Finance of the United States Treasury created by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to operate the Troubled Assets Relief Program.[1] OFS is headed by… …

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  • 15occupy — transitive verb ( pied; pying) Etymology: Middle English occupien to take possession of, occupy, from Anglo French occupier, occuper, from Latin occupare, from ob toward + cupare (akin to capere to seize) more at ob , heave Date: 14th century 1.… …

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  • 16occupy — occupiable, adj. occupier, n. /ok yeuh puy /, v., occupied, occupying. v.t. 1. to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels. 2. to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a… …

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  • 17occupy — oc•cu•py [[t]ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ[/t]] v. pied, py•ing 1) cvb to have, hold, or take as a separate space; possess, reside in or on, or claim: The orchard occupies half the farm[/ex] 2) to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in 3) to fill up, employ, or… …

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  • 18occupy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hold, inhabit, keep, fill, tenant, have; take, beset, garrison; interest, engage, engross, busy, employ. See abode, attention, business, presence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take possession] Syn.… …

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  • 19occupy — [c]/ˈɒkjəpaɪ / (say okyuhpuy) verb (occupied, occupying) –verb (t) 1. to take up (space, time, etc.). 2. to engage or employ (the mind, attention, etc., or the person). 3. to take possession of (a place), as by invasion. 4. to hold (a position,… …

  • 20occupy — v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 reside in; be the tenant of. 2 take up or fill (space or time or a place). 3 hold (a position or office). 4 take military possession of (a country, region, town, strategic position). 5 place oneself in (a building etc.)… …

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