as in has
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 owns
For an artist who now owns her entire catalog, the track lands like a victory lap disguised as a reckoning.
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Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Ryan Svab, who co-owns Hereafter, also bartends at Buzzard’s Roost.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Tesfaye also owns a $70 million mansion in Bel Air, California, which served as a filming location for his 2023 HBO drama The Idol.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
The story by outlines how Citic Telecom CPC company, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates three Baltic Sea cables that carry information from private individuals, companies, and authorities.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Occidental Petroleum owns both Carbon Engineering and Stratos through its subsidiary 1PointFive.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Try taking that up against a true Goliath in Google (Alphabet, really), the $3 billion (by market cap) behemoth that owns YouTube TV.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
South Dakota's statewide public media network owns both television and radio stations.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Kansas City Life Insurance, which is headquartered in Valentine, owns the buildings and has targeted them for demolition ahead of possible future redevelopment.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Ryan Svab, who co-owns Hereafter, also bartends at Buzzard’s Roost.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Tesfaye also owns a $70 million mansion in Bel Air, California, which served as a filming location for his 2023 HBO drama The Idol.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
The story by outlines how Citic Telecom CPC company, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates three Baltic Sea cables that carry information from private individuals, companies, and authorities.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Occidental Petroleum owns both Carbon Engineering and Stratos through its subsidiary 1PointFive.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Try taking that up against a true Goliath in Google (Alphabet, really), the $3 billion (by market cap) behemoth that owns YouTube TV.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
South Dakota's statewide public media network owns both television and radio stations.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Kansas City Life Insurance, which is headquartered in Valentine, owns the buildings and has targeted them for demolition ahead of possible future redevelopment.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for owns
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The expectation was that rates could move more decisively on Friday, when the monthly employment report was set for release, but the government shutdown now has that in limbo.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The second planet from the sun has a completely inhospitable surface, with temperatures reaching 863 degrees Fahrenheit (462 degrees Celsius) and a crushing pressure underneath an oppressively thick atmosphere.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Everything from his faux signature to the fact that Chad neither attends the university nor possesses the identifying documents to enroll creates a new crisis.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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If a child already possesses these skills, then redshirting is not needed.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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That's a bit like how Multimatic creates the GTD, which retains just enough Mustang shape to look familiar, but little else.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Free Press retains editorial control of this work.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Now Qatar—a state that shelters Hamas leaders, bankrolls Muslim Brotherhood offshoots, and runs influence operations the world over—enjoys the protection of an American guarantee.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit Mrigakshi is a science journalist who enjoys writing about space exploration, biology, and technological innovations.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Owns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owns. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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