ownership
Example Sentences
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While a 2003 court decision recognized his ownership, subsequent court cases left it in control of larger landowners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
By the mid-1980s, the hotel had passed through a period of city ownership and was closed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Advocates and local leaders have raised similar concerns in Dublin, another Bay Area city where federal officials are working to transfer ownership of a former prison.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
My sister thinks Medicaid will take the house my mom and I own together, claiming half of its value every year and effectively reducing my portion of ownership to nothing.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
The mayor had decided to limit dog ownership to two dogs per family, even though the attacking dog hadn’t belonged to anybody at all.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing ownership
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ship
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"CLEP Financial Accounting," Vocabulary from Chapter 19
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