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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Swept away The high altitude in Denver can cause certain pitch types to go awry, but Gray had the benefit of being able to mix and match from his expansive repertoire.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2026
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He's also made three career trips to the Stanley Cup Playoffs and had postseason career highs with nine assists and points in 20 games in 2022, helping the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
24 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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The first thing Juan Ortiz, too, enjoyed doing in a wheelchair was playing sports.—
Joy Resmovits for The Trace,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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The mom-of-three—who shares daughters Honor, 18, Haven, 14, and Hayes with ex-husband Cash Warren—also enjoyed time at the tropical hot-spot in April during a family getaway.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
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“Owned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owned. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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