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Recent Examples of proprietorship
Those colours, as worn by Newton Heath — the club formed in 1878 who became Manchester United in 1902 — would become a symbol of the fight against the Glazers’ proprietorship.
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Chris McKenna, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Chris McKenna, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for proprietorship
ownership
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Even with parties signing non-disclosure agreements or vessels being registered under shell companies, journalists have found ways to prove yacht ownership and make that information available with the push of a button.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2026
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Pohlad specifically mentioned the 2023 trade deadline — the Twins were in first place by a slim margin but essentially stood pat — and the 2023 offseason when ownership slashed payroll in response to the team’s swelling debt.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Proprietorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proprietorship. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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