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Discover LudwigThe phrase "began occupying" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the start of an action or process of taking possession of a space or location. Here is an example: After months of negotiation, the company finally began occupying the new office building.
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Workers began occupying their factories.
The protesters began occupying Ms. Rodin's office on Feb. 7.
On February 21, U.S. infantry began occupying the Russell Islands, to support advances on Rabaul.
Squatters began occupying some of the caves, and others were used for drugs and prostitution.
On Nov. 6 and 7, Bolshevik forces began occupying government offices in Saint Petersburg in preparation for seizing the government.
People began occupying the square in front of the building in central Kolkata from the early morning.
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Students had begun "occupying" buildings of their own universities.
Next month, residents will begin occupying the 56-unit apartment building nearing completion at 401 West 22nd Street in Chelsea.
The company expects to begin occupying the space this fall and will eventually have up to 350 employees and contributors at Starrett-Lehigh.
But Morgan Stanley is now worried that it will not be able to begin occupying the proposed tower until sometime after 2013, when its current office leases expire.
Settlers had begun occupying U.S. military-reservation land on the west side of the river in 1849; in 1855 the government gave these illegal squatters patent rights, and the village of Minneapolis was incorporated in 1856.
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