ownership

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Recent Examples of ownership The transfer of ownership was settled in April and the total purchase price was $675,000, $659 per square foot. Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 21 June 2025 The current incarnation of Dodger ownership is not your grandfather’s Dodgers. Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 The parking lot is jointly owned by the Dodgers' ownership group and the team's former owner, according to the Los Angeles Times. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 Bale, who announced his retirement as a player in January 2023, would be the latest big name to attach themselves to an ownership group of a team in the English Football League. David Ornstein, New York Times, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for ownership
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
Noun
  • For one, China controls the separation and refining equipment market and placed export controls on those technologies in December 2023.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 June 2025
  • Containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Food not safe for consumption Inadequate record keeping of seafood/shellfish and fish.
    Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2025
  • Tech: Sorento comes standard with a comprehensive suite of tech features, including automatic emergency braking, lane keeping assist, and blind spot monitoring.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • True Detective's Cary Joji Fukunaga directed the film, but since Craig's departure and the recent shake-up in proprietorship, no new Bond or Bond director has yet been announced.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Wiegman normally uses a 4-2-3-1 out of possession and then, in possession, pushes her box-to-box midfielder up the field to form a 4-3-3.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • The grand jury returned the indictment this week, charging Labrador Sierra with possession of a firearm by an alien who is in the U.S. unlawfully, making a false statement while purchasing a firearm, and making or using false documents, the DOJ said in a news release.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
  • With subpoena power and broad jurisdiction over virtually every facet of the federal government, the Oversight Committee ranks among Capitol Hill’s mightiest panels.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 June 2025

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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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