as in had
to keep, control, or experience as one's own
we own a modest house and an equally modest car
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Recent Examples of owned
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026
According to Stanford’s White, although Union Pacific had a huge amount of capital, much of it was siphoned off to the Credit Mobilier, the construction company working on the project, which was owned by insiders at the time.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Management owned very little stock, and that lack of alignment showed in the urgency around value creation.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
The company is owned and run by a husband-and-wife team, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
The design, tooling, test infrastructure, supply chain and quality control were all developed and are owned by Destinus.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
The last two Pegasus rockets were originally ordered by Stratolaunch, a company originally owned by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
Wolven is a format created by Fary and Panayotis Pascot, owned by Jaad Productions and Presque Prod, and co-produced with Canal+, which originally commissioned the series in France.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
Verb
The fire at the massive cold-storage warehouse owned by Lineage Logistics broke out Wednesday.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026
According to Stanford’s White, although Union Pacific had a huge amount of capital, much of it was siphoned off to the Credit Mobilier, the construction company working on the project, which was owned by insiders at the time.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Management owned very little stock, and that lack of alignment showed in the urgency around value creation.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
The company is owned and run by a husband-and-wife team, Carlos Duart and Tina Vidal-Duart.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
The design, tooling, test infrastructure, supply chain and quality control were all developed and are owned by Destinus.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
The last two Pegasus rockets were originally ordered by Stratolaunch, a company originally owned by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
Wolven is a format created by Fary and Panayotis Pascot, owned by Jaad Productions and Presque Prod, and co-produced with Canal+, which originally commissioned the series in France.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for owned
Adjective
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No Kansas justice has ever been non-retained.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Treatment wiped out the cancer, but Lucy's weakened body had another ailment, one that stopped her from making stem cells, blood or platelets.—
Siafa Lewis,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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But Kyle had a comeback better than the 29-point comeback by the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Adjective
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But no homes are so possessed with pottery of the truly enormous variety as Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus, whose Portuguese farmhouse appears on the cover of our June issue.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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Once Nikki returns to herself, she’s still left with extreme trauma and consequences, given that the possessed version of her murdered two people.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Colorado Avalanche executive Joe Sakic followed a similar path, while others who enjoyed long on-ice careers and went on to win Cups as coaches like Quenneville and Randy Carlyle didn’t have nearly as strong of HHOF cases as players as Brind’Amour does.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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This is exactly what to expect here—a complete connection with Iceland’s toughest terrain, best enjoyed during the warmer months between May and September.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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“Owned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owned. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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