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present participle of have.

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retaining adj.
unconspicuous adj.
unnoticeable adj.
enjoyment n.
ownership n.
proprietorship n.

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

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

WEAK

holding back

ADJECTIVE

unconspicuous

Synonyms

WEAK

camouflaged concealed dim faint hidden indistinct insignificant low-key low-profile modest muted obscure ordinary plain quiet retiring secretive shy soft-pedalled subtle tenuous unassuming unemphatic unnoticeable unobtrusive unostentatious

ADJECTIVE

unnoticeable

Synonyms

STRONG

unobtrusive

WEAK

NOUN

enjoyment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indulgence

STRONG

advantage benefit exercise ownership spending using

Antonyms

STRONG

disadvantage hindrance loss

WEAK

displeasure dissatisfaction lack misery need sorrow unhappiness want woe

NOUN

ownership

Synonyms

STRONGEST

control holding partnership property purchase takeover

STRONG

buying claim cut deed dominion end hand occupancy piece proprietorship purchasing residence slice tenancy tenure title

WEAK

possessorship proprietary rights

Antonyms

STRONG

lease renting

NOUN

proprietorship

Synonyms

STRONG

buying claim control cut deed dominion end hand holding occupancy partnership piece possession property purchase purchasing residence slice takeover tenancy tenure title

WEAK

possessorship proprietary rights

Antonyms

STRONG

whole

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having

Salisbury took a three month break at the start of this year, having told BBC Sport about the anxiety which had been affecting him on tour.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But what it really comes down to is having “the right incentive for the leaders to pursue that,” and “are they enabling their security organization to really move at machine speed?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Today Winston is having to spend his 13th Thanksgiving in prison without family or friends. Can you imagine?” went a typical post.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

I don’t know how best to help without having my own immediate family suffer because of all the time I’m away and the money I spend on gas, taking him out to eat, etc.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

“We’re having an adventure. We’re all good friends.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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