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Recent Examples of possessor
Tasty-morsel entrepreneurship stands in here for a modern kind of Protestant work ethic, but gets sprinkled with the sense that cuteness, like beauty for older women, is a commodity in itself that the possessor can exploit to their own advantage.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for possessor
Noun
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Gracie Hunt, daughter of Kansas City Chiefs CEO and owner Clark Hunt and his wife, Tavia Hunt, announced her engagement on Holy Saturday with a Bible verse.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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Many of those animals are surrendered when their owners can no longer properly care for them, an issue that Alessandro Catenazzi, associate professor of biological science at Florida International University, stressed.—
Julian Camejo,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The compliance checks are intended to ensure that proprietors and their employees are properly asking for identification before making the sale.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Without the same ties to the landscape and community, these proprietors might lack the know-how of tending to the land and its best interests at heart.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Possessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possessor. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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