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
There is some fluctuation year to year in the baseball itself, though the league now owns and controls production of the on-field ball.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Oklahoma City owns picks 12, 17, and 37 entering the draft.
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Tony East,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2026
Anderson took things Dior already owns — the tuxedo, the Bar shape, couture embroidery, 18th-century decoration — and shifted them into a younger, messier register.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
According to a report in the Financial Times, Mari Group is in advanced talks with private equity firm Providence, which owns ATG, to acquire the theater group.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
Wednesday’s eight-page bankruptcy filing was signed by four members of the Eastland family that owns the nearly 100-year-old Camp Mystic.
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Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Kerr County resident Randy Murphy's family owns property along the Guadalupe.
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Brian New,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
There is no standard amount of silver that the average person owns.
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Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
That means one owner—Mark Walter, the Guggenheim Partners billionaire who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers and recently bought a majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers—owns the league and all its teams.
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Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
Oklahoma City owns picks 12, 17, and 37 entering the draft.
—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2026
Anderson took things Dior already owns — the tuxedo, the Bar shape, couture embroidery, 18th-century decoration — and shifted them into a younger, messier register.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
According to a report in the Financial Times, Mari Group is in advanced talks with private equity firm Providence, which owns ATG, to acquire the theater group.
—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
Wednesday’s eight-page bankruptcy filing was signed by four members of the Eastland family that owns the nearly 100-year-old Camp Mystic.
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Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Kerr County resident Randy Murphy's family owns property along the Guadalupe.
—
Brian New,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
There is no standard amount of silver that the average person owns.
—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
That means one owner—Mark Walter, the Guggenheim Partners billionaire who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers and recently bought a majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers—owns the league and all its teams.
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Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for owns
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Conley also has the most campaign cash, with $940,000 on hand.
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Walking into a recording studio, Swift was seen clutching a cognac shoulder bag, and this leather version from Quince comes in the same color and has a similar silhouette.
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Lobo As the cigar-smoking, alien, bounty hunter who teams up with Supergirl, Lobo possesses immense strength and is essentially immortal, having lived for hundreds of years.
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Willis possesses a unique ability to not just manipulate the pocket with his legs but make off-schedule throws, something that has become almost a necessity in today’s NFL.
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Musk retains the power to elect and remove the directors his share class appoints.
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American military strikes in June 2025 reduced several Iranian nuclear facilities to rubble, but Iran still retains roughly 400 kilograms of 60%-enriched uranium.
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And honestly, who enjoys digging through mostly empty bottles just to find one tiny pill?
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While living at Cedar Hollow Ranch, Gracie enjoys a diet of foliage from the trees there, alfalfa, a 16% protein feed, carrots, apples and sweet potatoes, Jones said.
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“Owns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owns. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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