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
The transfer of ownership was settled in April and the total purchase price was $675,000, $659 per square foot.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
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In traditional robots, a control system analyzes sensory data and tells the machine what to do.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 June 2025
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Ranged across the top of the SoundLink Plus there is a strip of soft-touch controls for turning the speaker on and off, initiating Bluetooth pairing, syncing with other Bose speakers, as well as playing and pausing music, skipping tracks and adjusting volume levels.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Railing against bias towards vaccines is like a politician condemning researchers biased in favor of seatbelts in cars or keeping lead out of household paint.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2025
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Food not safe for consumption Inadequate record keeping of seafood/shellfish and fish.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Why Tacit Knowledge Often Isn't Shared Despite its power, tacit knowledge rarely flows freely.—
Wayne Yu,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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