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
On the subject of a potential new ownership model, senior Madrid sources told The Athletic that any potential investors would have to align themselves with the club’s long-term strategy, and the ESL was mentioned as part of that.
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Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Beyond the market situation, there are other questions around branding, the future of Discovery+, the company’s ownership – with Netflix in the driving seat for now, and more.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
The Kraft family ownership that has stewarded the Pats to six Super Bowls was still there, along with Jon Bon Jovi.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Besides being fully forgivable after 30 years, no interest is charged to the borrower and all payments are deferred, so repayment is made in full only upon ownership change prior to 30 years.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
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Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Beyond the market situation, there are other questions around branding, the future of Discovery+, the company’s ownership – with Netflix in the driving seat for now, and more.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
The Kraft family ownership that has stewarded the Pats to six Super Bowls was still there, along with Jon Bon Jovi.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Besides being fully forgivable after 30 years, no interest is charged to the borrower and all payments are deferred, so repayment is made in full only upon ownership change prior to 30 years.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
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Engineers tracked stability and control across each phase.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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As Farthing was assisting in traffic control, a man approached him from behind and stabbed him in the back, sheriff's office spokesperson Kim Peters said in a news release.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Goguette wine cabinets, according to Eurocave’s CEO Benoit Favier, are meant to make the keeping and drinking of high-quality wine a little less fussy (my word, not his).—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Feb. 2026
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One element of the film that stands out is the focus on libraries as a safe home for writing, gathering, researching and record-keeping for Black writers and artists.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Those colours, as worn by Newton Heath — the club formed in 1878 who became Manchester United in 1902 — would become a symbol of the fight against the Glazers’ proprietorship.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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Last month, prosecutors dropped all of the charges except for one count each of grand theft, organized scheme to defraud and proprietorship by non-dentists.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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City had 61 per cent possession and their passing accuracy in the final third was 84 per cent before the break compared to Liverpool’s dismal 43 per cent.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The control does not have to be an arrest or physical possession of a person.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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Until crude vulgarians like Miller came along, no prominent American political figure would claim on our behalf a right to use our power for purely selfish ends, at the expense of other democratic states and foreign peoples.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Calling out corporate entities and concentration of power as enemies also appears to be a winning strategy for Democrats in their messaging tactics.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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