How to Use ownership in a Sentence

ownership

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  • The company is under private ownership.
  • That was the end of the story for our ownership group but not, of course, for me.
    — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 1 June 2023
  • Japan has some of the world’s strictest laws on gun ownership.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • That's the last year for which Hermès broke out his ownership of the firm.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The state’s farm groups are split on the land ownership issue.
    — David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Two weeks ago, the couple moved in, and they are getting used to the joys of home ownership.
    — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • And the new ownership group appears happy to be courted by the trio.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Alamo emerged from bankruptcy at the end of May 2021, under the ownership of League.
    — Hillel Italie, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The massacre stunned the country and led to a ban on the private ownership of all handguns in mainland Britain.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 30 July 2024
  • In those situations, the renter might not have a first right to ownership.
    — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The focus of the new ownership group will be on turning the Hornets into a winning team.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • The head coach and ownership categories were added to this year’s survey.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The group took ownership of the team after all 32 NFL owners approved the deal on July 20.
    — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Trust for Public Land then plans to transfer ownership of the remaining 130-odd open acres to the county.
    — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This surge in gun ownership is one of the many ways the United States remains singular, if not unique.
    — Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Ireland and Canada round out the top three nations with the highest rate of home ownership.
    — Sara Chernikoff, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2024
  • The Duke was executed at the Tower in London a few years later, and ownership of his palace passed to the Crown.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The new ownership may want to completely detach the team from the Snyder era and forge a new identity.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • The findings should not cause older adults to shy away from dog ownership, London said.
    — Lindsey Bever, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2023
  • Last week, James Kennedy dropped the news of his ownership of Graham via Instagram.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 24 July 2023
  • At some point, the ownership passed into the public domain.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Mosby has since sold the eight-bedroom home but retains ownership of the condo.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Across Utah, rents have soared and home ownership has become a mere fantasy for the middle class.
    — Sofia Jeremias, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • With so many innovations in the past, there was a sense of ownership, a person using a tool.
    — Eliza Berman, TIME, 10 July 2024
  • One year into Musk's ownership of X, the platform's finances are still shaky, though.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The Atlanta Falcons are adding some notable names to its ownership.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
  • Twitter’s slow and painful end The first two years of Musk’s ownership of X has been marked by upheaval and exodus movements.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2024
  • For Reds ownership, there should be a big takeaway from the Rays' rousing success with a low-budget roster: Stay the course on the rebuild.
    — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Kennedy said Bayshore previously had a curfew before a new ownership group took over around five years ago.
    — Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Both coal and oil imports have risen rapidly as the population takes a liking to round-the-clock electricity and car ownership.
    — Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

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