as in having
to keep, control, or experience as one's own
we own a modest house and an equally modest car
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Recent Examples of owning
The ship is associated with Mordashov, a Russian billionaire and owner of steel magnate Severstal, with shipping records showing Mordashov’s wife Marina Mordashova, owning the vessel for a brief window in 2022.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
The Stars are expected to follow the same game plan executed by the Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers; move into a new venue, and create new revenue by owning the surrounding properties, too.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Is this a feature or a path to owning a workflow?
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
In January, after his surprising decision to fire Harbaugh, Bisciotti stood in the line of fire, owning the decision during a lengthy press conference that, because of the owner’s candor, was largely well received.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Maddy being a badass and owning her own company with a man that deserves her.
—Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Despite owning a majority of possession time, SDFC is struggling to convert into goals.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
This session, a proposal from lawmakers — Senate Bill 196 — would prevent any private equity investor from owning a majority stake in the main campus operations of any hospital and from any involvement in a hospital’s clinical decision making.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
The Hatfield-McCoy feud is a complex story related the power of owning land when land was the only power, with its own love story at the center.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
The Stars are expected to follow the same game plan executed by the Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers; move into a new venue, and create new revenue by owning the surrounding properties, too.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Is this a feature or a path to owning a workflow?
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
In January, after his surprising decision to fire Harbaugh, Bisciotti stood in the line of fire, owning the decision during a lengthy press conference that, because of the owner’s candor, was largely well received.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Maddy being a badass and owning her own company with a man that deserves her.
—Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
Despite owning a majority of possession time, SDFC is struggling to convert into goals.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
This session, a proposal from lawmakers — Senate Bill 196 — would prevent any private equity investor from owning a majority stake in the main campus operations of any hospital and from any involvement in a hospital’s clinical decision making.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
The Hatfield-McCoy feud is a complex story related the power of owning land when land was the only power, with its own love story at the center.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for owning
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Though signs of its impending closure were all around this past weekend, the New Black Wall Street Market was having one last hurrah.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors say Maduro and Rodriguez authorized a series of payments totaling $20 million under terms of the PDV USA contract before having a falling out with Rivera’s group by the end of 2017.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Yong Ni, who owns Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse locations, faces 10 federal counts, including harboring and unlawfully employing immigrants and possessing a fraudulent immigrant visa, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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And scattering experiments showed that, at an elementary level, reality was described by individual quanta, possessing specific properties common to all members of their species.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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This hat comes in multiple sizes and colors and can fold up nicely when packed in a suitcase, retaining its shape afterward.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Microsoft then licensed this operating system to IBM as PC-DOS while retaining the ability to sell the operating system to other companies.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Sudarma hopes that guests will plan a day and stay, enjoying multiple meals and lots of entertainment, from Asian sports cars to kids’ hip hop dance classes (free).—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The three-time Grammy winner was recently spotted enjoying a dinner date in Los Angeles with Geese frontman Cameron Winter on April 15.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Owning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owning. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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