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
But the errors that lead to corporate death spirals often can be traced back to a common factor that receives insufficient attention: their ownership model.
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Josh Baron, Harvard Business Review, 21 Feb. 2025
The Padres’ ownership experienced an offseason of turmoil as the Seidler family publicly fought over who should be the team’s control person.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The Chiefs quarterback also has ownership stakes in the Royals and MLS club Sporting Kansas City.
—Doug Feinberg, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
The Stars front office has interfaced with the Sky over a partnership bolstered by Stars owner Laura Ricketts’ partial ownership of the Sky.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Josh Baron, Harvard Business Review, 21 Feb. 2025
The Padres’ ownership experienced an offseason of turmoil as the Seidler family publicly fought over who should be the team’s control person.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The Chiefs quarterback also has ownership stakes in the Royals and MLS club Sporting Kansas City.
—Doug Feinberg, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2025
The Stars front office has interfaced with the Sky over a partnership bolstered by Stars owner Laura Ricketts’ partial ownership of the Sky.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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Her paw print and nose print memorial are one of my most cherished possessions (along with other pet memorials), which is why seeing Oliver's print abandoned in a store felt so heartbreaking.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Among the substantiated complaints not reflected on the website: selling a ward’s car and donating the ward’s possessions to charity without a judge’s order, and isolating wards from their family and friends.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Critics, even in his own ranks, saw this as an unforgivable breach of a political quarantine designed to keep the AfD out of power.—
Thomas Escritt,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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The 34-year-old displayed his power to deliver blows to Beterbiev while still being able to evade his opponent’s counter attempts.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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