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
At just 19 years old, JuJu Watkins has not only solidified a financially prosperous future, but secured herself as a leader in the future of women’s basketball, joining the ownership group of Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league that will make its debut in January.
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
Rene's Bakery reopens in Broad Ripple Founder Albert 'Rene' Trevino stepped down from running the bakery amid a battle with cancer, but a longtime employee and industry veteran decided to take over ownership.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
Congress passed the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act earlier this year over concerns that the app's Chinese ownership presented a national security risk.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Italy’s second-largest bank said its ownership now consists of a 9.5% direct stake and around 18.5% through derivative instruments.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
Rene's Bakery reopens in Broad Ripple Founder Albert 'Rene' Trevino stepped down from running the bakery amid a battle with cancer, but a longtime employee and industry veteran decided to take over ownership.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2024
Congress passed the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act earlier this year over concerns that the app's Chinese ownership presented a national security risk.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Italy’s second-largest bank said its ownership now consists of a 9.5% direct stake and around 18.5% through derivative instruments.
—Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
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His autopsy reports no use of physical control by deputies.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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Some Republicans, who are set to take control of Congress next month, have tried to push legislation that would have forced them to return to prison.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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No keeping up with or slowing down for someone else.Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
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Sponsored by Detroit City Council President Pro Tem James Tate, the Animal Keeping Ordinance has legalized the keeping of eight chickens and ducks combined, and four beehives per Detroit household.Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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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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Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested on weapons charges and was said to be in possession of a gun similar to the one used in the shooting.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Police found Mangione in possession of a fake New Jersey ID that matches the one used by the suspect to check into a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan 10 days before the shooting.Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Plyometrics is a type of exercise that involves quickly stretching and contracting muscles to create explosive movements with bodyweight resistance, increasing muscle power.Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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The performance problems resolved via the Windows update are both related to a missing power plan specific to the Core Ultra processors—Intel didn't have those power plans ready for reviewers, who did all their testing using the generic power profiles provided with Windows.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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