Exclude
Exclude verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.
Occupy
Occupy verb - To hold the attention of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Because Four Is Death, it's far from uncommon for Asians (especially older or more-traditional ones) to change the street number or telephone number of premises they occupy to exclude the number four, much as many Western buildings omit the 13th floor because 13 Is Unlucky.
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