OWNS Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

owns

verb

present tense third-person singular of own

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 The nonprofit owns two houses to provide affordable housing for physically disabled adults in the Santa Clara Valley. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026 Ask what is owed, confirm who owns which task, and put the agreement somewhere people can reference. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026 Berkshire owns several major insurers, including Geico, a collection of big utilities, BNSF railroad and a varied assortment of manufacturing and retail companies, including Precision Castparts and See's Candy. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 The freeze power is less a Tether question than a question about who owns programmable dollars. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 But the top 2% to 10% owns $44 trillion, meaning the bottom 90% of boomer households hold the remainder—just $16 trillion. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026 Chris Elford, who owns a brewery and a cocktail bar downtown, has a lot of regulars who work at Seattle tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft. — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026 Elon Musk himself, one man, owns more wealth by far than the bottom half of American households. — NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026 Kisner, who also owns Treo Business Consulting marketing agency in downtown Lee’s Summit, has degrees in business and project management. — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

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Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show, which is regularly ranked among the top business podcasts in the world and has millions of listeners annually.

— Big Think, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2026
My mom has great style year round, but the fall is when her wardrobe really shines.

— Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

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Inland taipan Often described as the world’s most venomous snake based on laboratory toxicity tests, the inland taipan possesses venom capable of attacking the nervous system, muscles, and blood.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Similar to other colubrids, this species possesses a Duvernoy’s gland—a venom gland located behind the eyes and connected by a tube to grooved, backward-curving teeth at the back of the upper jaw.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026

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These vital data pipelines, owned and operated by Silicon Valley tech giants, account for 70 % of usable undersea cables in 2026, yet Washington retains the right to restrict where these networks go and who has access.

— Alex Capri, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
The woody, cracked texture is more prominent, the tree trunk retains a much crisper, rugged look, and the colors are more vivid.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026