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 ● 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 ● 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 ● Sep. 16, 2020
“Weightlessness was another exclusive possession of the very young,” she thinks.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2018
The fact that the bank note has exclusive possession of the monetary field in Canada is most important.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
