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Meanings of occupations in English

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The scattering of risk across occupations also has important public policy implications.
Reuters
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No longer sharing the values of their workplaces, they may change occupations.
Evidence of the afterlife: the science of near-death experiences
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The occupations least at risk are those where verbal skills are key.
Reuters
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Before then, centuries-long Swedish rule had been punctuated by brief Russian occupations.
The Irish Times
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The French invasion surprised him in the midst of these peaceful occupations.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o...
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Company came in, and the customary occupations of the day took place.
Anna St. Ives
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The days passed one after the other in insignificant yet absorbing occupations.
Original Short Stories — Volume 09
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The collection illustrates the former life and present occupations of the owner.
Russia
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Caregiving occupations, in particular, are headed toward a crisis-level shortage of workers.
Reuters
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We need to get a list of occupations and skills sorted out.'
The Naked God
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The suppression of outdoor occupations reacted in an outburst of indoor work.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
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Thaddeus spent nearly a fortnight in the constant exercise of his occupations.
Thaddeus of Warsaw
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Every member of the family has his daily occupations in diverse localities.
Society: Its Origin and Development
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At these and similar occupations the latter days of June slipped by.
The Rules of the Game
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Twelve of them represent the domestic and agricultural occupations of the months.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle / A Descript...
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The vast majority wanted to go on with their occupations in peace.
The Education of Henry Adams
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