as in has
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 owns
Michele Perez, who owns or part-owns two homes in Hialeah, Villa Rosa III and The Palms, said Hernandez has placed DCF clients in her facilities, which accept people with mental illness who other owners reject.
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
With the acquisition cemented, Circle City Broadcasting now owns WISH-TV, a CW affiliate; WRTV, an ABC affiliate; and WINDY-TV, a MyNetworkTV affiliate.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
Chinese search giant Baidu, which owns and operates Apollo Go, did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment.
—Evelyn Cheng,lora Kolodny,matthew Chin, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Cenci owns a company that sells mermaid clip-on hair extensions and flew in from New Jersey.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Indiana is rife with high school basketball lore and seemingly every school, large or small, owns a chapter in that book.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Nell O’Dell’s family owns the inn that stands at the Golden Crossroads, the place where all proper magical quests must begin.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Fry also owns a number of timepieces originally designed for women.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
New representative Gregory, who owns a fitness company that works with pregnant and postpartum women, has never before run for office and faces voters again in less than eight months.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
With the acquisition cemented, Circle City Broadcasting now owns WISH-TV, a CW affiliate; WRTV, an ABC affiliate; and WINDY-TV, a MyNetworkTV affiliate.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
Chinese search giant Baidu, which owns and operates Apollo Go, did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment.
—Evelyn Cheng,lora Kolodny,matthew Chin, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
Cenci owns a company that sells mermaid clip-on hair extensions and flew in from New Jersey.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Indiana is rife with high school basketball lore and seemingly every school, large or small, owns a chapter in that book.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Nell O’Dell’s family owns the inn that stands at the Golden Crossroads, the place where all proper magical quests must begin.
—Caroline Carlson, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Fry also owns a number of timepieces originally designed for women.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
New representative Gregory, who owns a fitness company that works with pregnant and postpartum women, has never before run for office and faces voters again in less than eight months.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for owns
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The park has a full-size soccer field, a sunken basketball court that doubles as a reservoir, a long wooden walkway raised above plantings and tall grasses, a community pavilion, a café, and a fifty-thousand-gallon cistern that captures rain for irrigation.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Messi, for example, has a lifetime deal with Adidas that will comfortably run into hundreds of millions of dollars, while Ronaldo signed a lifetime deal with Nike in 2016.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Rea certainly possesses plenty of experience plus right-hander Ben Brown or right-hander Javier Assad, currently at Triple-A Iowa, also could slot into the rotation, depending on Horton’s prognosis and how long he might be sidelined.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Culler said Tellez possesses the single most important trait for a competitor.—
Jaelen Gilkey,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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As private property, management retains the authority to deny requests to hold organized events or protests on site.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Despite sometimes disruptive infrastructure upgrades across town to handle the denser-than-ever crowds, the rapidly growing adventure capital retains corners of stillness and beauty.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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There’s not much Kamilla Karthigesu enjoys more than throwing people under the bus in the game of Survivor.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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Robert Patrick prefers not to participate in Hollywood events and rather enjoys spending time with his wife, dogs and attending church.—
Janelle Ash , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Owns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owns. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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