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- noun Plural form of
occupation .
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Examples
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French Government, with whom a fondness for "occupations" is traditional.
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Of the total number of persons engaged in occupations in the United States, only nine-tenths of one per cent are from the Plutocracy, yet the
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Which puts women at a distinct advantage in occupations where these behaviors are required to be successful.
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• Psychopaths are likely to be attracted to (and may be overrepresented in) certain occupations, such as politics, entertainment, and business.
Kim Cranston: Which of Our Leaders Are Psychopaths? A Voter and Shareholder Guide Kim Cranston 2010
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They specifically mention politicians and labour-management negotiators: "The findings ... suggest that certain occupations may pose repeated exposures to stress of a kind that can threaten cardiovascular health for persons high in power motivation."
Improbable research: furrowed eyebrows for the power-hungry Marc Abrahams 2010
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Twenty-nine per cent of those in occupations are from the middle class, and they own twenty-five per cent of the total wealth.
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He says: I have been astonished at the multitude of those who have unfortunately engaged in occupations which practically force them to become loafers for at least a third of the year.
THE TRAMP 2010
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The proletariat with its twenty millions engaged in occupations?
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Of all persons in occupations, seventy per cent come from the proletariat; and the proletariat owns four per cent of the total wealth.
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Some administration officials see them as overly costly missions that threaten to tie down the U.S. military in long-term occupations that do little to improve American security.
Changed by Iraq, Military Asks What Will Stick Julian E. Barnes 2011
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