- present tense form of possess (3rd person singular).
possesses
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But his streamlined version possesses the sweep of the poem’s packed story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
"It possesses bird-like pelvic and hindlimb structures yet retains the specialized predatory foot and teeth of a small meat-eating dinosaur. It shows us that early bird evolution was far more complicated than we previously realized."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Phil Foden's magnificent man-of-the-match display in the Champions League against AEK Athens served as a reminder of the prodigious talent that the player still possesses.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Mario Carneiro, a younger man who sometimes clashes with Mr. de Moura, possesses an unquenchable passion for formalizing proofs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
We here at the Mumbai Young Filmmakers Council are all in agreement that Miss Mehra possesses the unique ability to truly transform her characters on-screen in such a way as to spellbind her audience.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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