as in things
transportable items that one owns
we packed up all of our possessions and excitedly moved into a new house
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Recent Examples of possessions
That last lob, could have dribbled that out and then there’s some silly possessions before that.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2026
Her possessions were sent to Brussels and later to Marie Antoinette’s home country.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Green, not known for his scoring prowess, even hit a couple of 3-pointers and made a free throw on three consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Knicks went from playing a free-flowing, up-tempo, equal-opportunity offense to one where Brunson would frequently use the game’s opening possessions for himself.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
To Spoelstra, what such an alignment concedes with spacing can be compensated with offensive rebounds, with the Heat prioritizing possessions.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
White closed the quarter with buckets on three straight Celtics possessions — a layup, a 3-pointer and a driving baseline dunk — then hit another three moments into the second that put Boston ahead, 38-31.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Five losses were by two possessions or less.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
That revelation prodded insurgents in British possessions from Ireland to Sierra Leone to take to the streets to assert their own ambitions for economic and political autonomy over the decades to come.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2026
Her possessions were sent to Brussels and later to Marie Antoinette’s home country.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Green, not known for his scoring prowess, even hit a couple of 3-pointers and made a free throw on three consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
The Knicks went from playing a free-flowing, up-tempo, equal-opportunity offense to one where Brunson would frequently use the game’s opening possessions for himself.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
To Spoelstra, what such an alignment concedes with spacing can be compensated with offensive rebounds, with the Heat prioritizing possessions.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
White closed the quarter with buckets on three straight Celtics possessions — a layup, a 3-pointer and a driving baseline dunk — then hit another three moments into the second that put Boston ahead, 38-31.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Five losses were by two possessions or less.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
That revelation prodded insurgents in British possessions from Ireland to Sierra Leone to take to the streets to assert their own ambitions for economic and political autonomy over the decades to come.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for possessions
Noun
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However, Chuba Hubbard’s calf injury in the second quarter of the season opened things up for Dowdle to emerge.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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Jeff Klaiber took those things and molded Lehman into an Olympian, at times pushing boundaries and pushing Lehman to the brink.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Rourke’s longtime assistant is on vacation, and while his team was first trying to avoid eviction altogether, the actor suddenly needed a new place to stay, movers and a storage shed for his belongings, none of which were in the offing.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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The suspects hit him with the rifles and demanded belongings from him.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In other words, pedestrian stuff that doesn’t light up social media or earn an invitation to hold forth on one of the Beltway chat shows.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Beyond politics, what about the more inside baseball industry stuff?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Possessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possessions. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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