ownership
Example Sentences
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By the mid-1980s, the hotel had passed through a period of city ownership and was closed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
On some indicators Makerfield seems to be doing well, with wages above the national average and high levels of home ownership.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Zvërnec has proved to be a thicket of Albanian property disputes, a common problem given that the country nationalized property during communism then underwent a messy process of returning it to private ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 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
“I think so. Subtle laws govern wand ownership, but the conquered wand will usually bend its will to its new master.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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