as in control
the state or fact of owning something
Home ownership is on the rise in this country. The café is now under new ownership.
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Recent Examples of ownership
But thanks to new ownership, a new GM in Adam Peters, a new coach in Dan Quinn and new starting quarterback in No. 2 draft pick Jayden Daniels, that's exactly what happened.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
The departure follows in the wake of a number of European cinema bodies and figures quitting X in recent months – including the Berlinale and Venice head Alberto Barbera – amid concerns about a surge in disinformation and abusive content on the platform since Musk took ownership in 2022.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
After a little more than seven years of ownership, Dwight Howard is officially bouncing out of his Georgia estate.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
In other words TikTok, like nearly all Chinese technological companies, already has American ownership.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 27 Jan. 2025
The departure follows in the wake of a number of European cinema bodies and figures quitting X in recent months – including the Berlinale and Venice head Alberto Barbera – amid concerns about a surge in disinformation and abusive content on the platform since Musk took ownership in 2022.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
After a little more than seven years of ownership, Dwight Howard is officially bouncing out of his Georgia estate.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
In other words TikTok, like nearly all Chinese technological companies, already has American ownership.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
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The extreme, 100 mph winds that drove the LA wildfires to rage out of control is a different kind of event than a fire driven by overgrown brush, Quinn-Davidson said.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Also, like the latter, rear seat passengers now have their own 8in panel with games and multimedia capabilities, as well as separate control over their own climate settings.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Even if this weekend’s storms, which are predicted to be mild, bring an inch of rain, January would be the fifth driest since record keeping began in 1896, Anderson said.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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But some industry experts are suspicious of this upstairs/downstairs approach to inn keeping.—
Carley Thornell,
Robb Report,
31 Dec. 2024
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In 1961, the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin became the first man up there, sparking an immediate bidding war with the US for proprietorship of the moon.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
8 July 2024
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The American antimonopoly vision also played a foundational role in the decades-long fight to break the slave power, which many Americans considered a monopolistic threat to the system of small proprietorship that the U.S. government had cultivated.—
Barry C. Lynn,
Foreign Affairs,
22 June 2021
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A couple of weeks ago, the Suns lost a possession because of Beal’s loose laces.—
Fred Katz,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Houston closed out the first half with a four-minute, 20-second scoring possession before Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes took a kneel-down to send it to halftime.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2025
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The reformers driving this movement believed in human progress, scientific management, the use of government power for the public good, and replacing political patronage with the hiring of experts.—
Johnathan K Williams / Made by History,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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Besides in electric and hybrid vehicles, lithium-ion batteries can be found in personal electronics, vaping devices, power tools and home energy storage systems, which have become increasingly popular during California's power outages.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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