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
This creative freedom gives them a sense of ownership and pride in their work.
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Nathan Green, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
This includes individuals sued without proof of loan ownership, borrowers pursued for debts beyond the statute of limitations and those targeted with misleading affidavits.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
MacPhail hesitated before giving an ambiguous response, suggesting the economic trends in baseball probably signaled the end of family ownership in favor of big corporations such as Murdoch’s $11 billion News Corporation, which ran Fox.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Namely, the sign-offs of all five members who share ownership in the name and each of whom is represented by a different management firm.
—Shirley Halperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
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Nathan Green, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
This includes individuals sued without proof of loan ownership, borrowers pursued for debts beyond the statute of limitations and those targeted with misleading affidavits.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
MacPhail hesitated before giving an ambiguous response, suggesting the economic trends in baseball probably signaled the end of family ownership in favor of big corporations such as Murdoch’s $11 billion News Corporation, which ran Fox.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Namely, the sign-offs of all five members who share ownership in the name and each of whom is represented by a different management firm.
—Shirley Halperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for ownership
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
Noun
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An audio recording from the control tower at Toronto Pearson International Airport reveals that the flight was cleared to land at approximately 2:10 p.m. local time.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The answers, in the hundreds, from residents present a clear picture: Water billings to all residents are out of control and do not follow a percentage across-the-board increase.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The audit, conducted by accounting firm Badawi & Associates, found that the city has fairly healthy record keeping practices.—
Sierra Lopez,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Safety starts with blind spot monitors, lane departure warning and lane keeping assist.—
Tony Leopardo,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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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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But on the ensuing possession, Herro missed a corner three that would have tied the score with 16.2 seconds to play before the Mavericks clinched the win with two free throws from Spencer Dinwiddie.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Bowen was additionally convicted on a count of unlawful possession of a firearm.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
14 Feb. 2025
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For all of Trump’s abuses of power in his first term, culminating in his attempt to subvert the 2020 election, his administration never attempted to openly defy a court order despite losing, by one analysis, over three quarters of the federal cases it was involved in.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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With only around 60,000 Gaelic-language speakers left in the world, The Island is doing wonders for representation and at the same time constitutes so much more — an entertaining, twisty crime thriller featuring a dose of star power in the form of Industry breakout Sagar Radia.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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