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as in owns
to keep, control, or experience as one's own
my uncle has a sizable collection of black powder rifles
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as in accepts
to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly
we decided that I would have the job of calling the volunteers on the phone she refused to have him as a husband
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as in produces
to bring forth from the womb
her grandmother had 11 children
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as in deceives
to cause to believe what is untrue
he'd been had —the painting was a fake, and he never saw the "art dealer" or his money again
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as in undergoes
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
had a great time at the party had three operations on her leg
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as in allows
to give permission for or to approve of
I will not have any more nonsense about a party in celebration of my retirement
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as in bribes
to influence someone with a bribe
an upstanding judge who could not be had at any price
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as in holds
to keep in one's mind or heart
I have never had an unkind thought for him do you have an opinion?
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“Has.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/has. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.
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