owning

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

commanding controlling covering holding maintaining obtaining permeating pervading placed possessing posted remaining residing resting sitting situated staying tenanting

WEAK

assigned to living in settled on taking up

Antonyms

WEAK

gone leaving removing

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

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Owning a home abroad can make absolute sense after:

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Owning stocks on just those days would have earned an investor 52% on their money compared with 12% for buying and holding an index fund throughout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"Owning a registration can also help with licensing deals as it gives the celebrity 'something' to licence," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Owning the chair would be a fresh start.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

owning

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