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
Drake plays at the slowest tempo in D-I, the only team to average fewer than 60 possessions per game.
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Cj Moore, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
The Pistons then moved to a 110-109 lead, amid several uneven possessions by Ware.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Along with the house and several outbuildings, the couple lost nearly all their possessions.
—Ames Alexander and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Beyond Philosophy To Practice Beyond these philosophical schools, happiness has been historically associated with power and possessions.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The Knicks couldn’t make a shot after the first few opening possessions.
—James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Even if Robert Morris is outmatched on paper, the Tide's blazing tempo means extra possessions, which gives Folgueiras a golden opportunity to stuff the stat sheet.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Cj Moore, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
The Pistons then moved to a 110-109 lead, amid several uneven possessions by Ware.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Along with the house and several outbuildings, the couple lost nearly all their possessions.
—Ames Alexander and, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
Beyond Philosophy To Practice Beyond these philosophical schools, happiness has been historically associated with power and possessions.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The Knicks couldn’t make a shot after the first few opening possessions.
—James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Even if Robert Morris is outmatched on paper, the Tide's blazing tempo means extra possessions, which gives Folgueiras a golden opportunity to stuff the stat sheet.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for possessions
Noun
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The challenge has always been to figure out how to personalize things without spending inordinate amounts of time and money mapping out every possible path a student might take.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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As a business owner, higher profit margins, all other things being equal, are more valuable.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Here’s the really good news among the bad critical vulnerability disclosure stuff: there is no patch to install, no updates to deploy, and no action required by the user at all.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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The following day the student discovered that someone had rummaged through the car and thrown stuff around, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 May 2025
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“Possessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possessions. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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