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Recent Examples of proprietorship
Last month, prosecutors dropped all of the charges except for one count each of grand theft, organized scheme to defraud and proprietorship by non-dentists.
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
The New York Times described its methodology for producing the list, which started with selecting the criteria against which stores would be judged, including inventory, curation, proprietorship, customer service, ambience, location and payoff.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
True Detective's Cary Joji Fukunaga directed the film, but since Craig's departure and the recent shake-up in proprietorship, no new Bond or Bond director has yet been announced.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
In 1961, the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin became the first man up there, sparking an immediate bidding war with the US for proprietorship of the moon.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Why not flail around in defense of my all-American single proprietorship?
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
The awards — which have been given out to local proprietorships for over three decades — this year were sponsored by HarborOne Bank.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
The American antimonopoly vision also played a foundational role in the decades-long fight to break the slave power, which many Americans considered a monopolistic threat to the system of small proprietorship that the U.S. government had cultivated.
—Barry C. Lynn, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
However, a proprietorship can only have one owner.
—Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2020
Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
The New York Times described its methodology for producing the list, which started with selecting the criteria against which stores would be judged, including inventory, curation, proprietorship, customer service, ambience, location and payoff.
—Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
True Detective's Cary Joji Fukunaga directed the film, but since Craig's departure and the recent shake-up in proprietorship, no new Bond or Bond director has yet been announced.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
In 1961, the Soviet Union’s Yuri Gagarin became the first man up there, sparking an immediate bidding war with the US for proprietorship of the moon.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Why not flail around in defense of my all-American single proprietorship?
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
The awards — which have been given out to local proprietorships for over three decades — this year were sponsored by HarborOne Bank.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
The American antimonopoly vision also played a foundational role in the decades-long fight to break the slave power, which many Americans considered a monopolistic threat to the system of small proprietorship that the U.S. government had cultivated.
—Barry C. Lynn, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
However, a proprietorship can only have one owner.
—Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proprietorship
ownership
Noun
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Choose one issue each week that others may have let linger and take ownership of bringing it to resolution.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The building housing the Red Lion changed ownership in 2022.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Proprietorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proprietorship. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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