exclusive possession
Example Sentences
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Second, a monopolist exerts exclusive possession or control of something and prevents others from engaging in it.
From Washington Post β Aug. 9, 2022
The judge noted that while the state may have regulatory control of land and water, there is no basis to support the notion that it has exclusive possession of water.
From Seattle Times β Jul. 11, 2022
“One danger inherent in the incessant linking of Wagner to Hitler,” Ross says, “is that it hands the Führer a belated cultural victory — exclusive possession of the composer he loved.”
From New York Times β Sep. 16, 2020
“Weightlessness was another exclusive possession of the very young,” she thinks.
From New York Times β Sep. 24, 2018
The bulk of society is not only advancing steadily to the same level in point of many comforts with the rich, but is gaining that knowledge which was formerly their exclusive possession.
From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight
