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
However, government lawyers have defended the law, saying the company's ownership structure means the Chinese government could exploit the app to get sensitive personal information on Americans and manipulate the information Americans consume.
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
The government initiated the ban over national security concerns relating to the Chinese ownership of parent company ByteDance, which has argued — to no avail — that the ban infringes on the First Amendment’s protections for free speech.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The justices said that because the primary responsibility falls on a foreign company, and because all of the speech that's currently on TikTok could still be there under new ownership, the First Amendment does not apply.
—Sam Baker, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
The government initiated the ban over national security concerns relating to the Chinese ownership of parent company ByteDance, which has argued — to no avail — that the ban infringes on the First Amendment’s protections for free speech.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identified by Congress in developing this law.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The justices said that because the primary responsibility falls on a foreign company, and because all of the speech that's currently on TikTok could still be there under new ownership, the First Amendment does not apply.
—Sam Baker, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
Noun
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The Observer maintains full editorial control of its journalism.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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The extreme, 100 mph winds that drove the LA wildfires to rage out of control is a different kind of event than a fire driven by overgrown brush, Quinn-Davidson said.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Even if this weekend’s storms, which are predicted to be mild, bring an inch of rain, January would be the fifth driest since record keeping began in 1896, Anderson said.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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But some industry experts are suspicious of this upstairs/downstairs approach to inn keeping.—
Carley Thornell,
Robb Report,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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A couple of weeks ago, the Suns lost a possession because of Beal’s loose laces.—
Fred Katz,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Houston closed out the first half with a four-minute, 20-second scoring possession before Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes took a kneel-down to send it to halftime.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2025
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The power of PileMate in Sag Harbor is prominent, especially in wintertime.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power that it may be forced to cut off power supply—with outages potentially lasting as long as 48 hours—in certain areas as a safety measure to prevent wildfires while the Red Flag Warning remained in effect.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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